Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgical Techniques for Open-Angle Glaucoma: An Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews and Network Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Glaucoma affects more than 75 million people worldwide. Intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering surgery is an important treatment for this disease. Interest in reducing surgical morbidity has led to the introduction of minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS). Understanding the comparative effectiveness and safety of MIGS is necessary for clinicians and patients.

Objective

To summarize data from randomized clinical trials of MIGS for open-angle glaucoma, which were evaluated in a suite of Cochrane reviews.

Data sources

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews including studies published before June 1, 2021.

Study selection

Reviews of randomized clinical trials comparing MIGS with cataract extraction alone, other MIGS, traditional glaucoma surgery,

SUBMITTER: Bicket AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283665 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature