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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2020

Outcomes of Combined iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass and Cataract Surgery for the Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma in a Saudi Population.

Ahmed Al Habash, Omar Khan

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed Al HabashDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3277-9026
Omar KhanMinistry of Health, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Hospital of the University · SAMinistry of Health · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the effectiveness and safety of a single iStent trabecular micro-bypass stent implantation in combination with cataract surgery in lowering the intra ocular pressure (IOP) and number of anti-glaucoma medications in Saudi patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

settingKing Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

designProspective, non-comparative, uncontrolled, non-randomized interventional case series.

methodsOne iStent was implanted during phacoemulsification cataract surgery for adult patients with OAG by a single surgeon over a period of 3 years. Main outcome measures include number of anti-glaucoma medications, IOP, corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) and complications.

resultsThirty-six eyes of 33 patients with OAG underwent the surgery. The pre-operative mean IOP and mean anti-glaucoma medications were 17.47 ± 5.44 mmHg and 2.69 ± 0.92, respectively. At 1 year of follow-up mean, IOP decreased to 13.44 ± 1.99 (23.1% reduction) (P<0.001) and mean anti-glaucoma medications decreased to 1.47±1.13 (45.4% reduction) (P<0.001).

conclusionAfter 12-month follow-up, phacoemulsification with the implantation of a single iStent seems to be an effective and safe procedure to lower IOP and the number of anti-glaucoma medications, and to overcome the problems associated with medication nonadherence in OAG patients with cataracts.

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iStent trabecular micro-bypassminimally invasive glaucoma surgeryopen-angle glaucomaSchlemm's canal

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