FAQs / Can a Patient Undergo Canaloplasty After Having SLT (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty)?

ANSWER:

Briefly, canaloplasty can generally be performed after SLT. It is ALT that can sometimes be problematic. As for how long it lasts, the longest studies of canaloplasty have shown well-sustained results as far as three years out from surgery. Beyond that no one knows, but we have good reason to believe that for most people with glaucoma it would continue to last beyond that.

Warm regards,
David Richardson, MD

Date: Jun 17, 2013

Posted in: Glaucoma