Efficacy and Safety of Kahook Dual Blade Goniotomy and Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent in Combination with Cataract Extraction.

Kevin Y Wu, Shu Yu Qian, Lysa Houadj, Michael Marchand

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Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Preliminary Outcomes of iStent Inject vs Kahook Dual Blade Goniotomy Combined With Phacoemulsification: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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Kevin Y WuDepartment of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1G 2E8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1662-6900

Shu Yu QianFaculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5H3, Canada.

Lysa HouadjFaculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5H3, Canada.

Michael MarchandDepartment of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1G 2E8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1069-630X

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Abstract

In recent years, rapid advancements in glaucoma research have led to the development of more effective treatments of this chronic and irreversible condition. Of these, Kahook Blade Dual (KDB) goniotomy and second-generation trabecular micro-bypass stent (iStent) are two novel biomimetic procedures which have designs inspired by the eye's natural drainage mechanisms. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the safety and effectiveness of both surgeries by including 176 eyes from 110 patients: 142 eyes in the iStent group and 34 in the KDB group. The primary outcomes of this study were the proportions of patients in each group attaining a 20% reduction in IOP and a post-operative IOP < 19 mmHg. At the last follow-up, a 20% reduction in IOP was achieved by 67% of iStent inject patients and 50% of KDB patients (

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glaucomaintraocular pressureiStentKahook Dual Blademicroinvasive surgery

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PMID41149221

DOI10.3390/biomimetics10100691

PMCPMC12564784

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