Is selective laser trabeculoplasty shifting the glaucoma treatment paradigm in developing countries?

Evgenia Konstantakopoulou¹, Gus Gazzard^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Glaucoma Department, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK g.gazzard@nhs.net.
³ Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK.

Editorial

Evgenia Konstantakopoulou et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;106(9):1185-1186.

doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2022-321706. Epub 2022 May 13.

Evgenia Konstantakopoulou¹, Gus Gazzard^{2

3}

¹ Glaucoma Department, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK g.gazzard@nhs.net.
³ Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Treatment Lasers.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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