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Abstract #108364 Published in IGR 23-4

Comparison of new and old procedures in glaucoma surgery : Trabeculectomy, Preserflo and XEN

Prokosch V; Dietlein T; Pfeiffer N
Die Ophthalmologie 2023; 120: 350-357


Glaucoma is one of the most frequent causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. The main risk factor of the disease is an individually too high intraocular pressure and pressure reduction is still the only established treatment. If conservative pressure reduction and adherence are insufficient, and if the patient is unable to tolerate conservative treatment, surgical procedures become necessary. There are nowadays more than a dozen different surgical procedures for lowering the pressure. This article presents and discusses the procedures that have a subconjunctival pre-equatorial drainage in common. These include trabeculectomy, the XEN-gel implant and the Preserflo microshunt.

Zentrum für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Köln, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Köln, Deutschland. verena.prokosch@uk-koeln.de.

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