Ep 23 Talking About Glaucoma - 3Nov2014: ab-interno trabecular bypass surgery (mp3 version)

[This is the .mp3 un-enhanced version of this podcast. The AAC .m4a version has chapter markers and artwork embedded in the podcast to enhance the experience on devices/apps that support this, which includes most podcasting apps on iOS and Android devices. It is the preferred version for experiencing this podcast.] In this episode, Tom Samuelson and I discuss trabecular bypass procedures including the currently available & two future models of the iStent, and the Ivantis Hydrus Microstent. There is a tendency for doctors to prescribe third and fourth glaucoma medications even though it is well known that there is such a diminishing return after two medications. These ab-interno devices can serve as a glaucoma-lite procedure, the next step after two medications for those reluctant to proceed with a potentially more effective but more risky trabeculectomy. The use of multiple iStents, next generation devices, or targeting delivery to visualized collector ducts should lead to improvements in ab-interno trabecular bypass procedures in the years ahead.

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Ep 23 Talking About Glaucoma - 3Nov2014: ab-interno trabecular bypass surgery (mp3 version) is an episode from Talking About Glaucoma (mp3) by Robert M Schertzer, MD, MEd, FRCSC.

This episode is 00:15:40 long.

This episode was published on Nov 3, 2014.

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