Is it Time to Overthrow Trabeculectomy as an Initial Surgical Procedure for Non High Risk Open Angle Glaucomas?
Journal Title: Open Access Journal of Ophthalmology - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Surgical practice patterns for managing glaucoma have changed the last decade since popularity of tube shunt implantation has progressively increased and that of trabeculectomy has decreased [1]. Specifically, Medicare fee-for-service data claims that between 1995 and 2004 trabeculectomies in eyes without previous surgery or trauma decreased 53% whereas the number of aqueous shunting devices placed rose 184%[1]. Also, according to a survey of the American Glaucoma Society there was a rise in the proportion of surgeons using tube shunts and a decline in the popularity of trabeculectomy (1996: Τubes 17.5% vs Trabeculectomy 80.8%, 2008: Τubes 50.8%vsTrabeculectomy 45.5%) [2].
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Kandarakis A
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