New advances of glaucoma surgical techniques

• Main Authors: Guo-Jin Zuo, Jia-Hua Fang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2013-08-01
• Series: Guoji Yanke Zazhi
• Subjects: glaucoma; surgery; intraocular pressure
• Online Access: http://www.ies.net.cn/cn_publish/2013/8/201308016.pdf

Surgery is the most important management for glaucoma patients, and in order to reduce complications and increase the surgical effect, there are some new surgical manners appearing continuously. Aqueous reduction surgery has developed from transscleral cyclophotocoagulation to an endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation. Regarding the external filtering surgery approach, traditionally represented by trabeculectomy, there is the evolution of newer procedures, such as those using Ex-Press mini-shunts and Fugo blade transciliary filtration. Internal filtering surgery includes excimer laser trabeculotomy, the use of iStents or the Trabectome procedure, canaloplasty, and gold shunt implantation.We critically review recent advances in glaucoma surgery.