1. Clinical outcomes of patterned laser trabeculoplasty as adjuvant therapy in open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
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Ignacio Rodriguez-Una, Leonardo Ernesto Castellanos, Gustavo Espinoza, Juan Camilo Parra, and Paul A. Camacho
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Intraocular pressure ,Trabeculoplasty ,genetic structures ,Open angle glaucoma ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Ocular hypertension ,Glaucoma ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,lcsh:Ophthalmology ,Clinical Research ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Glaucoma medication ,business.industry ,trabeculoplasty ,Eye drop ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,laser ,glaucoma ,lcsh:RE1-994 ,Adjunctive treatment ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,ocular hypertension ,sense organs ,business ,intraocular pressure - Abstract
AIM: To assess the efficacy and safety of patterned laser trabeculoplasty (PLT) as an adjunctive treatment in open angle glaucoma (OAG) or ocular hypertension (OHT) patients who were under antiglaucoma medical treatment. METHODS: This study was a retrospective review of primary or secondary OAG patients and OHT patients with medically uncontrolled (≥18 mm Hg) intraocular pressure (IOP) who underwent 360º PLT from June 2016 to August 2016. Follow-up visits at week 1, and 1, 3 and 6mo were performed. IOP, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), complications and eye drop glaucoma medication were recorded at each follow-up visit. Success was defined as IOP reduction ≥20% from baseline. RESULTS: Forty-one eyes of 25 patients were included in this study. Pre-treatment mean IOP was 20.2±1.6 mm Hg. After PLT, IOP was 19.3±5.2, 16.1±2.7, 17.1±3.7 and 16.3±3.5 mm Hg, at 1wk, 1, 3 and 6mo, respectively. IOP reduction from baseline was statistically significant from the first month, remaining stable at 6mo (P
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- 2018
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