Editorial
"New" surgical treatments for glaucoma
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In the beginning of 1998 many ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom received inquiries from their patients with glaucoma about a "new" operation for glaucoma. These inquiries were the result of an article in the popular press, which featured a patient who had undergone non-penetrating sclerostomy with a collagen wick device.1 2 Ophthalmologists in the United States also had a similar experience when an article appeared in a popular Sunday colour supplement, with some glaucoma patients actually demanding the procedure from their specialist based on the article (HA Quigley, 1998, personal communication). It was difficult to advise patients based on facts, as a search of the literature at the time revealed very little published on the results of this procedure (in commonly quoted peer reviewed journals) with a significant follow up period.
Therefore, it will be very useful for ophthalmologists that Karlen and
colleagues have reported in this issue of the
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