Ep 35 Talking About Glaucoma - 21Feb2022 GEDDE Steve Lessons Learned from Glaucoma Surgical Trials (AAC)

TAG GEDDE Steve - Glaucoma surgical trials: lessons learned Intro: There have been many trials proving surgical intervention does indeed reduce the risk of progressive glaucoma damage for our patients. These include Treatment vs No Treatment studies as well as studies that compare different types of treatment. In this episode, I talk with Steve Gedde, from the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, about lessons learned from these clinical trials. We begin by discussing the importance of Randomized Clinical Trials as the highest evidence-based medicine to compare treatments. Studies that we discuss include: the Fluorouracil Filtering Study Group; Tube vs Trab (TVT); Primary Tube vs Trab (PTVT); Ahmed Baervedlt Comparison (ABC); Ahmed vs Baerveldt. Some of the concepts and lessons learned include: reducing IOP prior to surgery to lessen the risk of choroidal hemorrhage from a sudden IOP drop; trabeculectomy offering titratable control that MIGS procedures do not; that it's harder to get a 20% reduction in IOP to count as a success if the IOP is lower than 25 pre-op; that Ahmed Valves have a better safety record but Baerveldt better pressure-lowering; and that antimetabolites have been shown to NOT be effective for tube-shunt surgery. There's quite a bit of information packed into this episode so I suggest checking the program notes for links to some relevant articles and presentations related to this topic. I'm Rob Schertzer, a Vancouver, Canada based glaucoma specialist, podcaster and HealthIT expert, and we're...talking about glaucoma. Outro: Talking About Glaucoma is a podcast of indeterminate frequency and duration. It’s available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, PocketCasts, and many other podcast services. Please rate the podcast on Apple Podcasts,

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Ep 35 Talking About Glaucoma - 21Feb2022 GEDDE Steve Lessons Learned from Glaucoma Surgical Trials (AAC) is an episode from Talking About Glaucoma (AAC) by Robert M Schertzer, MD, MEd, FRCSC.

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This episode was published on Feb 22, 2022.

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