Glaucoma laser and surgical procedure rates in Canada: a long-term profile

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. Journal Canadien D'ophtalmologie
Robert J CampbellYvonne M Buys

Abstract

New laser and surgical techniques have had a significant effect on glaucoma therapy. A precise understanding of how these developments are affecting overall glaucoma management is fundamental to health services planning. The objective of this study was to synthesize Canadian national and provincial data regarding glaucoma laser and surgical procedure rates from 1992 to 2004. Canadian provincial health insurance databases, which cover virtually all surgical procedures provided domestically to Canadians, were accessed to ascertain yearly total glaucoma procedure numbers. To estimate the number of individuals with glaucoma, an age-stratified glaucoma prevalence model was applied to population census data. Laser trabeculoplasty rates dramatically increased between 2001 and 2004 with the national Canadian rate more than doubling. However, this increase varied widely across regions, ranging from 0% to 530%. Trabeculectomy surgery rates slowly increased from 1992 to 1995, then declined by 29% nationally between 1995 and 2004. Implantation rates of glaucoma drainage devices increased 12-fold nationally between 1992 and 2004; by 2004 this procedure accounted for 10% of incisional glaucoma surgical procedures in Canada. In Canada, laser ...Continue Reading

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