SLT for Open-Angle Glaucoma

Study title	SLT for Open-Angle Glaucoma
Type	Retrospective
Number of patients	430
Primery investigator	Ivan Goldberg, Paul Healey
Secondary investigators	Colin Chong Stuart Graham, Paul Healey
Contact informaion	trials@eyeassociates.com.au
Place	Eye Asscoiates
Town	Sydney
Country	Australia
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Purpose	Retrospective review of medical records of patients generally on MTMT with IOPs > target repeated measures ANOVA, Kaplan-Meier and Cox Regression Randomly selected one eye from each patient
method	Almost all patients had 360 degrees SLT two divided sessions (180 degrees at a time) adjust power to threshold for champagne bubbles pre-treated with one drop each of – apraclonidine 1% pilocarpine 2% dexamethasone 0.1% no post-SLT specific therapy – continue usual anti-glaucoma medications
Preliminary Results	Appears to be safe, potentially repeatable and can be considered as an alternative treatment to ALT Achieves target pressure 82% at 6 months Efficacy decreases gradually to around 50% at 24 months Useful option for patients on MTMT otherwise needing ALT or filtering surgery prior cataract surgery diminishes likelihood of success
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