Laser and glaucoma: our experience

Ophthalmologica. 1985;191(2):84-8. doi: 10.1159/000309560.

Abstract

The authors present some guidelines on laser therapy (Argon and/or Yag) application on the different types of glaucomatous pathology. These therapeutic guidelines are the result of a 3-year experience of constant laser therapy application on glaucoma. The case reports include 196 A-laser trabeculoplasties, 34 A-laser iridotomies, 158 Yag-laser iridotomies, 31 gonioplasties, plus numberless combined treatments (iridotomy-trabeculoplasty, gonio-trabeculoplasty, gonioplasty-ciliary body photocoagulation, and so on). The authors conclude by reaffirming the considerable reliability of these techniques, given a prolonged follow-up; they also advance some new therapeutic hypotheses on laser operation in glaucomas.

MeSH terms

  • Glaucoma / surgery*
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Iris / surgery
  • Laser Therapy*
  • Methods
  • Trabecular Meshwork / surgery