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Cataract surgery is the most common surgery performed in the United States, and many patients who are glaucoma suspects or have glaucoma have cataract surgery. The purpose of this chapter is to review the recent studies on the effect of cataract surgery on intraocular pressure, the mechanism of intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering after cataract surgery, and how to decide between cataract surgery alone or cataract surgery combined with glaucoma surgery when operating on your glaucoma and glaucoma suspect patients.
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Mansberger, S.L. (2014). Cataract Surgery: The “New” Glaucoma Procedure?. In: Samples, J.R., Ahmed, I.I.K. (eds) Surgical Innovations in Glaucoma. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8348-9_24
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