AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 7 (July)

Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (July 2018)

July 2018 pages 3-6 Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery A number of minimally invasive surgical procedures for the treatment of glaucoma have been developed to improve patient outcomes and lessen side effects from glaucoma surgery. As a group, these procedures are termed minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). In these procedures, the surgeon either inserts small stents or dissects the trabecular meshwork open to drain aqueous fluid from the eye, thereby, lowering the intraocular pressure and reducing the chance of damage to the eye and blindness from glaucoma. This article provides an overview of the MIGS procedures that reflect typical clinical...

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