gms | German Medical Science

Glaucoma in Africa has a higher incidence and earlier onset, with I.O.P’s in our series averaging 43.3 mm Hg. This has led to our conclusion that this disease requires a surgical management rather than medical therapy.

To this end the canal of Schlemm was targeted more than 30 years ago based on the pioneering work of Prof Harms of Germany.

The ultimate goal was to restore physiological outflow by less traumatic micro-surgery and more attention to detail working under very high magnification of up to 250 X.

By using advanced photographic documentation of the various surgical approaches to expose the canal of Schlemm and collector channel system we are able to present the experience gained involving more than 3,000 cases involving all the glaucomas and the longest patient follow-ups of 25 years.

Continued attention to micro-surgical technique improvement leads to higher success rates and vastly lower post op complications.