EGS Glaucoma Surgery Course. Keith Barton. Nitin Anand. Tarek Shaarawy.
Sheng Lim. ESCRS, Berlin, Monday 15 th. September 2008. Handout available ...
EGS Glaucoma Surgery Course Keith Barton Nitin Anand Tarek Shaarawy Sheng Lim
ESCRS, Berlin, Monday 15th September 2008 Handout available from: www.keithbarton.net Follow the link for ophthalmic professionals and look for ESCRS Berlin 2008. Password available on request by e-mail.
Glaucoma Surgery – Modern Perspectives
Nitin Anand Keith Barton Sheng Lim Tarek Shaarawy
Glaucoma Surgery – Modern Perspectives
Handout will be available in 2-3 days from: www.keithbarton.net Follow link “For Ophthalmic Professionals”
Evolution of Filtration Surgery
Deconstructing Trabeculectomy
Keith Barton Glaucoma Service Director Moorfields Eye Hospital London
Balance
Moorfields Primary Treatment Trial 1994
Filtration surgery is a continual trade off between efficacy and safety Moving from full thickness (Scheie’s-type) to guarded (Trabeculectomy) procedures improved safety but reduced success Nevertheless trabeculectomy remained more successful than medical treatment in the average patient
Surgical arm: no anti-proliferative drugs Medicine 19 15
Migdal et al. Ophthalmology 1994; 101: 1651 - 1656
