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EW SHOW DAILY
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Meeting Reporter
Practical pearls for MIGS procedure
by Erin L. Boyle EyeWorld Senior Staff Writer
Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, talks at the EyeWorld Education event, "Micro-Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS): An Emerging New Treatment Option" about his experience with the iStent
Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent.
T
he iStent Trabecular MicroBypass Stent (Glaukos,
Laguna Hills, Calif.) has a
short learning curve, is a
safe and efficacious procedure, and has been a great advance
in glaucoma surgery, physicians said
here.
At an EyeWorld Education
event, "Micro-Invasive Glaucoma
Surgery (MIGS): An Emerging New
Treatment Option," Iqbal (Ike) K.
Ahmed, MD, Toronto; Thomas W.
Samuelson, MD, St. Paul, Minn.;
Kerry D. Solomon, MD, Charleston,
S.C.; Lisa B. Arbisser, MD, Salt Lake
City; Pablo M. Arregui, MD, Chico,
Calif.; Richard A. Lewis, MD, Sacramento, Calif.; David F. Chang, MD,
Los Altos, Calif.; Gerd U. Auffarth,
MD, Heidelberg, Germany; and
Kevin T. Lavery, MD, Jackson,
Mich., discussed their pearls for
implanting the iStent. They showed
videos of the procedure and related
their experience using the device. In
addition, Dr. Chang outlined reimbursement issues with the FDA-approved procedure.
Dr. Samuelson called the iStent
a "new class of medicines."
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