Selective laser trabeculoplasty effectively reduced IOP, as well as the quantity of eye drops used after treatment, among patients with open-angle glaucoma, according to research conducted in Brazil and published in the Journal of Glaucoma.
“We aimed to determine whether [selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT)] could replace hypotensive eye drops in patients with open-angle glaucoma at a Brazilian public service,” Leopoldo Ernesto Oiticica Barbosa, MD, of the faculty of medicine at the University of Sao Paulo, and colleagues wrote. “The eye drops are part of a high-cost list