MIGS: Go with the flow?
Kim Thomas weighs up the risks and rewards of minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Kim Thomas weighs up the risks and rewards of minimally invasive surgical techniques.
In the past 10 years there has been a growth in the use of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) to treat the condition.
Professor Gus Gazzard, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, defines a MIGS procedure as “one with quick recovery, short operating time and lower risk”. Such a procedure, however, also “lowers the pressure less than traditional forms of operation like a trabeculectomy, so may have a lower chance of success in more advanced cases”.
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