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How do you manage uncontrolled glaucoma in patients in their mid 90s and beyond?

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Ophthalmology · University at Buffalo
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This truly depends on their lifestyle, activity level, and mental status. I will still consider trabeculectomy in patients who are highly functional and compliant if their glaucoma is truly uncontrolled and they are losing vision. Trabeculectomy is still a highly effective surgery, and elderly patie...

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