Key points from article :
Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) is a simple, pain free laser treatment.
Can be used to treat glaucoma which is one of the world’s leading causes of blindness.
It's a one off treatment that can work better than eye drops, while costing less than eye drops.
More effective, safe and cost-effective and no worries over having to put daily eye drops.
No follow-up treatments or lifetime prescriptions of drugs.
In developing countries, SLT could be a major step to prevent blindness from glaucoma
718 patients who had been newly diagnosed with the condition participated in this three-year trial.
Research by Stein Eye Institute, University of California–Los Angeles, published in the Lancet.
