Selective laser trabeculoplasty can safely and effectively be used as primary intervention for treatment of open-angle glaucoma or as replacement for medications, according to a report by the ...

CHICAGO -- Upfront laser trabeculoplasty significantly slowed glaucoma progression and vision loss as compared with eye drops, long-term follow-up from a large randomized trial showed. After 6 ...

Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) is a type of laser eye surgery that can help improve aqueous humor flow through the drainage angle, ... Laser treatment for glaucoma. (2021).

A new study presented Oct. 20 at AAO 2024, the 128th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, shows that laser treatment has an additional advantage: Glaucoma progressed 29% slower ...

Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Versus Medical Therapy as Initial Treatment of Glaucoma A Prospective, Randomized Trial. ... SLT, selective laser trabeculoplasty. Tables. Table 5.

Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) is a low-risk light therapy you will receive in the eye clinic. Your doctor will use a laser to stimulate the area of your eye where fluid drains (trabecular ...

In October 2023 ViaLase completed enrollment for a larger and pivotal clinical trial, which will include 152 patients and compare FLigHT with conventional selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) ...

The DSLT has similar results in eye pressure reduction, but the laser is automated, non-contact, and takes 2.5 seconds to deliver the treatment." With these advances, the outlook for glaucoma ...

Laser doesn't work for everybody, and not everybody, is a candidate, but many, many people respond well to laser treatment. Laser is about as effective as 1 or maybe in a few cases, 2 medications.

In a major step toward combating glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Ghana, St. Thomas Eye Hospital has officially launched the revolutionary Twin STAR SLT/YAG combo laser ...

No patient in the SLT arm required glaucoma surgery versus 11 in the eye drop arm. A cost-effectiveness analysis showed a 97% probability that upfront SLT was cost-effective at a willingness-to ...