Wednesday 19 April 2017

Effect of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Glaucoma Patients with High or Low Central Corneal Thickness

Laser Trabeculoplasty

In 1997, Latina et al. launched selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) as a new treatment to lower intraocular pressure. Since then, SLT has proven to be efficient and its use has become widespread. Several studies have been performed to investigate which factors influence the outcome of SLT.

Up to now, only higher pre-laser IOP seems to be correlated to higher IOP lowering effect of the SLT; other factors like race 6, trabecular meshwork pigmentation, number and type of previously used anti-glaucoma medications, previous laser and phakic or pseudophakic eyes showed no impact on SLT efficiency.

Shazly et al. examined whether central corneal thickness had influence on SLT outcome and suggested that thinner corneas gave better IOP reduction after SLT

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