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The goal of treating patients with glaucoma is the successful control of intraocular pressure (IOP). This is most commonly accomplished through medical therapy. However, when medical management fails, or is not practical, glaucoma surgery is indicated. Medical and surgical therapies cannot restore established optic nerve damage due to glaucoma, but treatments, either medical or surgical, reduce the absolute risk of progression by slowing and/or delaying visual field loss. Surgical treatments are often safe and are effective.
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Göktas, E., Al-Aswad, L.A. (2019). Surgical Therapy for Glaucoma. In: Casper, D., Cioffi, G. (eds) The Columbia Guide to Basic Elements of Eye Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10886-1_20
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