Micropulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation: Modern Approach to Glaucoma Treatment

Petrov S. Yu.
Doctor of Medicine, Head, Glaucoma Department¹

Zhuravleva A. N.
MD, PhD, Researcher, Glaucoma Department¹

Kosakyan S. M.
MD, PhD, Doctor, Glaucoma Department¹

Vasilenkova L. V.
MD, PhD, Researcher, Glaucoma Department¹

1 - Helmholtz National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Zhuravleva Anastasia Nikolaevna; e-mail: zh.eye@mail.ru

None declared.

The study had no sponsorship.

The article presents new laser technology in the treatment of glaucoma using a Micro-Pulse laser. It describes the technique, optimal energy regimes, differential indications, contraindications, timing of laser intervention, effectiveness of treatment, and possible complications. It also compares a number of advantages, alternatives and safety of this method in comparison with other traditional laser cyclodestructive interventions. It essentially concludes that this technology is highly effective and safe in the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma at various stages and refractory forms of glaucoma is based on date of clinical and morphological studies described in literature. This work also advocates further extended study of microimpulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in the treatment of combined glaucoma and other forms of ocular pathology as well as further extended study of microimpulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in the treatment of glaucoma-associated pathology and other eye diseases.

glaucoma, refractory glaucoma, cyclodestructive procedures, micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation

10.29234/2308-9113-2021-9-1-24-35

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