Cataract surgery alone reduces IOP in pseudoexfoliation

CHICAGO — Cataract surgery lowers IOP and, in some cases, “very effectively” lowers IOP in patients with pseudoexfoliation, Karim F. Damji, MD, said at Glaucoma Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.In a prospective study to determine IOP response to phacoemulsification in glaucoma patients with and without pseudoexfoliation, Damji and colleagues found a significant reduction in IOP in patients with pseudoexfoliation than in patients without.