Open AccessA European Study of the Performance and Safety of MINIject in Patients With Medically Uncontrolled Open-angle Glaucoma (STAR-II)
Author(s) -
Julián García Feijoó,
Philippe Denis,
Christoph Hirneiß,
Florent Aptel,
Lucía Perucho González,
Zubair Hussain,
Katrin Lorenz,
Norbert Pfeiffer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of glaucoma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.11
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1536-481X
pISSN - 1057-0829
DOI - 10.1097/ijg.0000000000001632
Subject(s) - medicine , glaucoma , glaucoma medication , intraocular pressure , clinical endpoint , ophthalmology , open angle glaucoma , adverse effect , refractory (planetary science) , prospective cohort study , surgery , randomized controlled trial , physics , astrobiology
In this European study (STAR-II), MINIject, a novel, ab-interno, supraciliary minimally invasive glaucoma surgery device, effectively lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) and the need for IOP-lowering medications in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.