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Glaucoma treatment trends: a review

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CANADIAN OPHTHAL SOC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2016.07.013

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Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of blindness worldwide, and its prevalence is increasing. The aim of the present review is to describe the current medical and surgical treatment trends in the management of open-angle glaucoma. There has been an increase in the availability of glaucoma medications and the use of laser trabeculoplasty over the past decade, with a subsequent decrease ininvasive incisional surgery. In addition, a new class of glaucoma procedures, termed microinvasive glaucoma surgery, has emerged, which aims to fill the gap between conservative medical management and more invasive surgery. Le glaucome est I'une des principales causes de cecite dans le monde, et sa prevalence est en hausse. Notreetude a pour but de de, decrire les tendance medicales et chirurgicales actuelles dans le traitement du glaucome a angle ouvert. L'accessibilite des medicaments pour traiter le glaucome et le recours la trabeculoplastie au laser sont en hausse depuis dix ans, ce qui explique la diminution des cas d'intervention incisionnelle invasive. En outre, une nouvelle classe d'intervention relative au glaucome appelee operation micro-invasive du glaucome (MIG) a vu le jour et vise combler l'ecart entre une prise en charge medicale conservatrice et une operation plus invasive.(C) Canadian Opthalmological Society.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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