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SUBMITTER: Fallano K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428488 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fallano Katherine K Bussel Igor I Kagemann Larry L Lathrop Kira L KL Loewen Nils N
F1000Research 20170123
Plasma-mediated <i>ab interno</i> trabeculectomy with the trabectome was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2004 for use in adult and pediatric glaucomas. Since then, increased clinical experience and updated outcome data have led to its expanded use, including a range of glaucomas and angle presentations, previously deemed to be relatively contraindicated. The main benefits are a high degree of safety, ease, and speed compared to traditional filtering surgery and tube shun ...[more]