Abstract:

As a non-penetrating glaucoma surgery (NPGS),canaloplasty has aroused a growing number of attention, which aims to restore the physiological outflow by dilating the Schlemm’s canal, thus facilitating aqueous outflow to treat glaucoma. The success rate of canaloplasty is equal to trabeculectomy in primary open angle glaucoma. The surgery shows lots of advantages: the effect of intraocular pressure\|reducing is non\|bleb related, no filtering blebs were detected, no antimetabolites were required during surgery, thus leading a low rate of bleb-related complications. However there is a long way to apply the new technical in clinic.(Int Rev Ophthalmol,2015,39:341.345)