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The effect of therapeutic ultrasound was evaluated in 17 patients with therapy-resistant glaucoma by comparing average intraocular pressure (IOP) curves measured before and 3–4 months after insonification. The insonification regimen was standardized; the medication was identical during both pressure curve measurements. The average IOP decrease was 44% ± 24 SD (range, 73% decrease to 6% increase). In 82% of the patients the IOP decrease was more than 34%. There was no correlation between the percentage of IOP decrease and the average IOP before insonification (correlation coefficient, 0.21;P = 0.41).
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This work was supported by the Stichting Blindenhulp, the Gelderse Blindenvereniging, and the Rotterdamse Vereniging Blindenbelangen
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Sterk, C.C., v.d. Valk, P.H.M., van Hees, C.L.M. et al. The effect of therapeutic ultrasound on the average of multiple intraocular pressures throughout the day in therapy-resistant glaucoma. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 227, 36–38 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02169822
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