Blacks, Whites Benefit from Different Surgical Glaucoma Treatments

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have discovered that black and white patients with advanced glaucoma respond differently to two surgical treatments for the disease. A paper detailing these findings is published in the July 1998 issue of Ophthalmology. Scientists found that blacks with advanced glaucoma benefit more from a regimen that begins with laser surgery, and whites benefit more from one that begins with an operation called a trabeculectomy. Language English
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