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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Reducing intraocular pressure: Is surgery better than drugs?
Eye, Volume 18, No. 12, Year 2004
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Reducing IOP is presently the evidence based, most accepted and most practised therapeutical approach for glaucoma patients. Currently topical ocular hypotensive medications, with its different classes, as well as filtering surgery (trabeculectomy and non-penetrating glaucoma surgery) are in the forefront of therapeutic modalities for IOP reduction. This article looks at the potential advantages and disadvantages of topical medications versus filtering surgery. It does not directly address the question of initial treatment of glaucoma, or what is the better treatment of glaucoma, as other review articles had, but rather looks in a more specific on the pros and the cons of each in relation to IOP reduction. In other words this article deals with the situation once the decision has been made to reduce IOP. © 2004 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shaarawy, Tarek M.
Egypt, Giza
Institute of Ophthalmology
Switzerland, Basel
Augenklinik, Universitätsspital Basel
Flammer, Josef
Switzerland, Basel
Augenklinik, Universitätsspital Basel
Haefliger, I. O.
Switzerland, Basel
Augenklinik, Universitätsspital Basel
Statistics
Citations: 20
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/sj.eye.6701374
ISSN:
0950222X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy