Effect of selective laser trabeculoplasty on primary open angle glaucoma in different stages

Abstract

AIM: To assess and compare the effectiveness of selective laser trabeculoplasty(SLT)in preventing primary open angle glaucoma(POAG)with various stages.METHODS: Fifty-one eyes of 27 patients 51 eye with POAG were included in this retrospective study. All the cases were divided into three groups depending on the mean deviation(MD): the early stage group(MD>-6dB, 15 eyes), middle stage group(-12dB≤MD≤-6dB, 15 eyes)and late stage group(MD0.05). There were significant differences in VFI and MD among early, middle and late groups(P<0.001), within the 12mo post-SLT, no statistically significant differences were detected for the decline of VFI and MD in each group. In terms of the early stage group, the effective rates of SLT at 1, 3, 6 and 12mo after treatment were 100%, 93%, 87%, 67%, respectively. For the middle stage group and late stage group, the effective rates were 87%, 80%, 93%, 60%, and 67%, 71%, 62%, 19%, respectively. CONCLUSION: SLT was an effective treatment for POAG patients in various stages, while the effective rate decreased with time.

Keywords

• selective laser trabeculoplasty
• primary open angle glaucoma
• intraocular pressure