TY - JOUR
AU1 - Chang, Ta C.
AU2 - Vanner, Elizabeth A.
AU3 - Parrish, Richard K.
AB - Background/ObjectivesTo survey the members of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS) to determine which glaucoma procedures they would prefer to have performed on themselves.Subjects/MethodsWe distributed an anonymous, electronic survey via the AGS listserv. The participants were asked to adopt the role of a patient with primary open angle glaucoma with progressive visual field loss in need of glaucoma surgery. Three preoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) levels were provided (>26 mmHg, 21–26 mmHg, and <21 mmHg), and the participants were asked to choose a glaucoma procedure they would prefer performed on themselves under each preoperative IOP levels from a list of fifteen procedures.ResultsOut of 289 responses (representing 27.4% of active and provisional AGS members), the most preferred procedures were ab interno trabeculotomy (20.3%), Xen gel stent (18.6%), iStent with two devices (14.3%) and traditional trabeculectomy augmented with mitomycin C (14.1%). 17.6% and 6.9% of participants preferred a trabeculectomy performed or a glaucoma drainage device (GDD) implanted on themselves, which is a lower than what would be offered to a hypothetical patient. Significant proportions of participants prefer non-bleb forming or conjunctiva-sparing procedures, even with low preoperative IOP levels. Older participants were more likely to prefer traditional trabeculectomy and having a single procedure across all levels of preoperative IOP.ConclusionsThe majority of AGS participants in the survey would prefer micro-invasive glaucoma surgery over traditional trabeculectomy or a GDD performed on themselves as a primary glaucoma procedure, and most would prefer non-bleb forming and conjunctiva-sparing procedures.
TI - Glaucoma surgery preferences when the surgeon adopts the role of the patient
JF - Eye
DO - 10.1038/s41433-019-0452-9
DA - 2019-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/glaucoma-surgery-preferences-when-the-surgeon-adopts-the-role-of-the-X7v6EAQq0n
SP - 1577
EP - 1583
VL - 33
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -