Ophthalmology in China ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 1-3.doi: 10.13281/j.cnki.issn.1004-4469.2014.01.001

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To meet the arrival of the era of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery

WANG Ning-li   

  1. Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology; Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Key Lab.; Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100005, China (Email: wningli@vip.163.com)
  • Received:2014-01-06 Online:2014-01-25 Published:2014-01-22

Abstract: 【Abstract】 Surgery is a crucial treatment for glaucoma. Combined trabeculectomy is the most common choice. Even though the newly developed combined trabeculectomy is on the verge of the perfection, the potential complications and the various complications associated with filtering blebs arise sometimes. The minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), a much safer and more up to physical standard way, is the one on the rise and has a great impact on the therapy for glaucoma. The emerging, the development and the prospect of the minimally invasive glaucoma surgery are summarized in this article. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2014, 23: 1-3)

Key words: glaucoma, minimally invasive surgery