Who is your ideal candidate for a XEN over other filtering procedures such as trabs or tubes?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I typically reserve the Xen Gel Stent for elderly, Caucasian patients, especially women, with moderate open-angle glaucoma who need better pressure control but don’t require single-digit IOPs. These patients tend to have thinner, less fibrotic Tenon’s capsules and a lower risk of scarrin...