Canaloplasty and Trabeculotomy Combined with Phacoemulsification in Open-Angle Glaucoma: Interim Results from the GEMINI Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report interim 6-month safety and efficacy outcomes of 360° canaloplasty and 180° trabeculotomy using the OMNI^® Surgical System concomitantly with phacoemulsification in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

Setting

Fifteen multi-subspecialty ophthalmology practices and surgery centers located in 14 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin).

Design

Prospective, multicenter, IRB approved study of patients treated with canaloplasty (360°) and trabeculotomy (180°). Eligible patients had cataract and mild-moderate OAG with intraocular pressure (IOP) ≤33 mmHg on 1 to 4 hypotensive medications.

Methods

Medication washout prior to baseline

SUBMITTER: Gallardo MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7882439 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature