Non-penetrating Glaucoma Surgery Made Simple by Laser Assisted Deep Sclerectomy

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Non-penetrating filtering surgery is safe and effective but expensive and difficult to perform. Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD, demonstrates a novel way of using CO2 laser assisted deep sclerectomy to do a safe non-penetrating filtering surgery. Here he presents the procedure alone and in a combined case with phacoemulsification.

Posted: 3/04/2015

Non-penetrating Glaucoma Surgery Made Simple by Laser Assisted Deep Sclerectomy

Non-penetrating filtering surgery is safe and effective but expensive and difficult to perform. Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD, demonstrates a novel way of using CO2 laser assisted deep sclerectomy to do a safe non-penetrating filtering surgery. Here he presents the procedure alone and in a combined case with phacoemulsification.

Posted: 3/04/2015

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