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Filtering Surgery and Vision Outcomes

Arch Ophthalmol. 1999;117:1236-1237.

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WE KNOW that glaucoma, a slowly progressive optic neuropathy,¹ causes irreversible loss of vision. It is a major cause of blindness in the United States and worldwide. Some patients with glaucoma have severe vision loss at diagnosis; others develop it later, during the course of the disease. While many patients with glaucoma have normal or near-normal intraocular pressure (IOP) during their initial eye examination, others have elevated IOPs. Those with elevated IOPs are more likely to have glaucomatous optic nerve damage.² Treatment for glaucoma is directed toward reducing IOP³; there is evidence this works,^4-6 but it is not always successful.⁷ Knowledge is sparse about past or current community practice patterns and the long-term outcomes of glaucoma management.

Two reports,^8-9 one in this issue of the ARCHIVES, address this deficit. They provide retrospective information about the course of open-angle glaucoma in residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, an area with a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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