Therapeutic options in the treatment of inflammatory glaucoma
Therapeutic options in inflammatory glaucoma, both pharmacological and surgical methods, have been presented in this paper. Main goals of pharmacotherapy are: controlling inflammation and reducing intraocular pressure. Anti-inflammatory drugs primarily include topical glucocorticosteroids but also nonsteroidal anti-inflammatorydrugs and immunomodulatory therapy. Elevated intraocular pressure is treated with β-blockers, carbonic anhydrase inhibirozpotors, prostaglandin analogues and α2-adrenergic receptor agonists. If pharmacological treatment does not produce the desired results, surgical treatment must be considered. Due to the risk of reactivation of inflammation, it is recommended that it be performed 3 months after the inflammation has healed. Currently, trabeculectomy remains the gold standard. Among the invasive treatment techniques, we discuss trabeculectomy with the use of mitomycin C, micro-hook trabeculectomy, laser therapy, glaucoma drainage implants, deep sclerectomy and viscocanalostomy.
Authors
- Anna Maria Roszkowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-3437)
- A Piskorz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-0497)
- Katarzyna Sajak-Hydzik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1973-2717)
- Anthony Ueno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6946-4096)
- Maciej Kozak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7993-2588)
- Ilona Pawlicka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-7678)
- Ismael Alsoubie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0974-3025)
- Aneta Pyza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5318-1368)
- Julia Kaczmarek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2268-6547)
- M Papiez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0397-7825)
- Natalie Papachristoforou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8417-3794)
- Natalia Wolińska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-9163)
- Jakub Piórek
- Alan Pigoński (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9955-0888)
Institutions
- University of Messina (IT)
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- OphthaTherapy Therapies in Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.24292/01.ot.102124
- Primary Topic
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00