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Ahmad A Aref, AGS 2022: Head to Head Surgical Trials: Which Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery? Show Me the Evidence

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Published Online: Mar 14th 2022

We were delighted to speak with Professor Ahmad Aref (University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL) about the COMPARE study where the efficacy of different microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MiGS) devices were compared for reducing intraocular pressure and medications in glaucoma.

The presentation entitled ‘Head to Head Surgical Trials: Which MiGS? Show Me the Evidence’ was presented at the 2022 American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, March 03-06, 2022

Questions:

  1. What did we learn from the COMPARE study of two microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MiGS) devices?(00:21)
  2. What other head-to-head trials have been completed or are in progress?(03:37)

Disclosures: Ahmad Aref is a consultant for Nova Eye Medical and has received grant/research support from Allergan, Inc.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Shanice Allen.

Filmed in coverage of the virtual AGS 2022.

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