Different treatments and therapeutic evaluation of neovascular glaucoma

Abstract

Neovascular glaucoma(NVG)is a kind of glaucoma secondary to other ocular or systemic diseases, which has characteristics such as uncontrollable intraocular pressure, sharp decline in vision, and eye pain. There are many researches on neovascular glaucoma at home and abroad about different treatments and new methods are being explored, but the surgery is the ultimate treatment at present. The way of combining anti- vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)drugs and surgical methods is a hot topic in recent years. This article will review the different treatments and efficacy evaluations described in the article about NVG.

Keywords

• neovascular glaucoma
• medical treatment
• vascular endothelial growth factor
• panretinal photocoagulation
• trabeculectomy
• Ahmed drainage valve implantation