2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
10 Glaucoma
Chapter 13: Surgical Therapy for Glaucoma
This chapter includes related videos. Links to individual videos are provided within the text; a page containing all videos in Section 10 is available at www.aao.org/bcscvideo_section10.
Highlights
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Laser trabeculoplasty is an effective primary or adjunctive treatment for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
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The number of surgical options for glaucoma patients has expanded greatly in the past decade.
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Tube shunt surgery and trabeculectomy have an important role in the management of glaucoma.
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Cataract surgery can be effective in the management of angle-closure disease.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.