TY - JOUR
T1 - The Medical Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma
AU - Rossetti, Luca
AU - Orzalesi, Nicola
AU - Liberati, Alessandro
AU - Quigley, Harry A.
PY - 1993/9/2
Y1 - 1993/9/2
N2 - To the Editor: In his review of open-angle glaucoma (April 15 issue),1 Dr. Quigley concluded that “the available data from clinical studies suggest that there is a significant reduction in the rate of initial injury when eyedrops are used to lower pressure.” We recently completed an overview of all published randomized controlled trials of the medical treatment of open-angle glaucoma,2 and we disagree with this conclusion. Although a large number of such trials (n=102) have been carried out, only a few (8 of 102) have focused on the question of medical treatment for glaucoma with an appropriate study design and…
AB - To the Editor: In his review of open-angle glaucoma (April 15 issue),1 Dr. Quigley concluded that “the available data from clinical studies suggest that there is a significant reduction in the rate of initial injury when eyedrops are used to lower pressure.” We recently completed an overview of all published randomized controlled trials of the medical treatment of open-angle glaucoma,2 and we disagree with this conclusion. Although a large number of such trials (n=102) have been carried out, only a few (8 of 102) have focused on the question of medical treatment for glaucoma with an appropriate study design and…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199309023291014
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199309023291014
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8345874
AN - SCOPUS:0027223886
VL - 329
SP - 735
EP - 736
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 10
ER -