Sacks, Zachary;
Katz, L Jay;
Gazzard, Gus;
Van Tassel, Sarah H;
Blumenthal, Eytan Z;
Lerner, Fabian S;
Azuara-Blanco, Augusto;
... Belkin, Michael; + view all
(2024)
A Proposal for the Use of a Fixed Low-Energy Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty for Open Angle Glaucoma.
Journal of Glaucoma
, 33
(1)
pp. 1-7.
10.1097/IJG.0000000000002306.
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Abstract
Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) has been in routine clinical use for over 20 years with millions of patients successfully treated and a low rate of clinically significant complications. The procedure requires the clinician to manually position the laser beam on the trabecular meshwork using a gonioscopy lens and to titrate the SLT laser energy based on the amount of pigmentation in the angle, as well as the observation of small bubbles produced by the laser effect. We propose that SLT energy titration is unnecessary either to achieve intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction or to minimize potential side effects. Ample evidence to support our proposal includes multiple clinical reports demonstrating comparable levels of IOP reduction resulting from different laser energies, a large variety of energy and other laser parameters used in commercially available SLT lasers, and the nature of the laser-induced changes in the trabecular meshwork tissue with respect to energy. Despite these variations in laser parameters, SLT consistently reduces IOP with a low complication rate. We propose that using low fixed energy for all patients will effectively and safely lower patients' IOP while reducing the complexity of the SLT procedure, potentially making SLT accessible to more patients.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Proposal for the Use of a Fixed Low-Energy Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty for Open Angle Glaucoma |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002306 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ijg.0000000000002306 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Humans, Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Trabeculectomy, Intraocular Pressure, Trabecular Meshwork, Laser Therapy, Treatment Outcome |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184521 |
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