Supraciliary Micro-stent Implantation for Open-Angle Glaucoma Failing Topical Therapy: 1-Year Results of a Multicenter Study

García-Feijoo, Julian; Rau, Magda; Grisanti, Swaantje; Grisanti, Salvatore; Höh, Helmut; Erb, Carl; Guguchkova, Pravoslava; Ahmed, Iqbal; Grabner, Günther; Reitsamer, Herbert; Shaarawy, Tarek; Ianchulev, Tsontcho

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2015.02.018

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Supraciliary Micro-stent Implantation for Open-Angle Glaucoma Failing Topical Therapy: 1-Year Results of a Multicenter Study

ContributorsGarcía-Feijoo, Julian; Rau, Magda; Grisanti, Swaantje; Grisanti, Salvatore; Höh, Helmut; Erb, Carl; Guguchkova, Pravoslava; Ahmed, Iqbal; Grabner, Günther; Reitsamer, Herbert; Shaarawy, Tarek; Ianchulev, Tsontcho

Published inAmerican journal of ophthalmology, vol. 159, no. 6, p. 1075-1081.e1

Publication date2015

Abstract

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a supraciliary micro-stent (CyPass Micro-Stent; Transcend Medical, Menlo Park, California, USA) for surgical treatment of glaucoma in patients refractory to topical medications.

Keywords

Aged
Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use
Ciliary Body/surgery
Female
Glaucoma Drainage Implants
Glaucoma, Open-Angle/drug therapy/physiopathology/surgery
Gonioscopy
Humans
Intraocular Pressure/drug effects/physiology
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Prosthesis Implantation
Single-Blind Method
Stents
Tonometry, Ocular
Treatment Failure
Visual Acuity/physiology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques

Research groups

Ophtalmologie expérimentale (925)

Citation (ISO format)

GARCÍA-FEIJOO, Julian et al. Supraciliary Micro-stent Implantation for Open-Angle Glaucoma Failing Topical Therapy: 1-Year Results of a Multicenter Study. In: American journal of ophthalmology, 2015, vol. 159, n° 6, p. 1075–1081.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.02.018

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:90466
DOI : 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.02.018
PMID : 25747677

Journal ISSN0002-9394

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Supraciliary Micro-stent Implantation for Open-Angle Glaucoma Failing Topical Therapy: 1-Year Results of a Multicenter Study

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a supraciliary micro-stent (CyPass Micro-Stent; Transcend Medical, Menlo Park, California, USA) for surgical treatment of glaucoma in patients refractory to topical medications.

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