IStent as a Solo Procedure for Glaucoma Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness. It is firmly entrenched in the traditional treatment paradigm to start with pharmacotherapy. However, pharmacotherapy is not benign and has been well documented to have a number of significant challenges. Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) that targets the outflow pathway with minimal to no scleral dissection has resulted in the need to reconsider the glaucoma treatment paradigm.

Purpose

To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate and quantify the effect on post-operative intraocular pressure (IOP) and number of topical glaucoma medications, in patients receiving the iStent MIGS device as the solo procedure without concurrent cataract surgery.

Methods

A systematic review was con

SUBMITTER: Malvankar-Mehta MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4446040 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature