Goniotomy with KDB

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The Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) by New World Medical is a modernization and improvement on the goniotomy procedure described by Dr. Barkan from the 1930s. It allows you to excise a strip of TM, one of the biggest barriers to outflow facility. In this mark + meet technique, the surgeon can excise the TM using a forehand position from start to finish and need not go backhand.

Posted: 5/04/2018

Goniotomy with KDB

The Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) by New World Medical is a modernization and improvement on the goniotomy procedure described by Dr. Barkan from the 1930s. It allows you to excise a strip of TM, one of the biggest barriers to outflow facility. In this mark + meet technique, the surgeon can excise the TM using a forehand position from start to finish and need not go backhand.

Posted: 5/04/2018

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