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Abstract #122947 Published in IGR 25-1

Cyclodestruction and cyclophotocoagulation: Where are we?

Vidal-Villegas B; Miralles de Imperial-Ollero JA; Villegas-Pérez MP
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 2024; 99: 493-503


Cyclodestruction is a technique reserved for glaucomas not controlled with medical and surgical treatment and poor visual potential. During the last century, new cyclodestructive techniques were developed, including cyclophotocoagulation, and the use of continuous-wave diode laser transescleral cyclophotocoagulation (CW-TS-CPC) has become widespread. In recent decades, micropulse diode laser transescleral cyclophotocoagulation (MP-TS-CPC) was introduced. We review the cyclodestruction techniques since their origins and these two techniques of cyclophotocoagulation, which are currently the most widely used: how they are performed, their mechanisms of action and their effectiveness and efficacy. We also review the comparison between them and with other techniques.

St. Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' Trust (GSTT), London, United Kingdom.

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