Clinical Results of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty

Development of a Prediction Rule to Estimate the Probability of Acceptable Intraocular Pressure Reduction After Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Open-angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension

“…17,18 As this study was conducted in white patients, the racial difference in terms of SLT efficacy could not be specified. However, the success rate of the present study (64.9%) is comparable with the response in Asian patients reported by Kano et al 11,19 But Kajiya et al 19 reported a better response rate of 88 to 92% in Asian patients. 11 Previous studies have demonstrated that less postoperative modulation of the anterior chamber reaction has a beneficial effect on the final outcome of SLT.…”

High Failure Rate Associated With 180?? Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] A study in Japan found that the success was correlated with a low preoperative IOP (age, gender, prior ALT, and angle pigment were not significant factors) 6 ; a recent study in Sweden found that increased angle pigment and degree of exfoliation significantly correlate with higher success at 7 months after SLT but not in earlier follow-up. 13 One study in Slovenia found slightly decreased, although not significant, efficacy in pseudoexfoliation eyes compared with open angle glaucoma eyes.…”

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] For example, in a prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing SLT and argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT), Damji et al 1 found sustained intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction with SLT (4.8 mm Hg) at 6 months, which was equivalent to ALT (3.3 mm Hg). In addition, patients with prior ALT had a greater IOP reduction with SLT compared with repeat ALT.…”

Mechanisms of action and efficacy of argon laser trabeculoplasty and selective laser trabeculoplasty

“…Several studies have verified SLT's effectiveness at lowering IOP (Table 2) [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. In addition, there are a few studies that have compared the effectiveness of SLT versus medications.…”