Publications by authors named "Lindsay E Dawson"
Precis: The use of nylon wicks with fenestrations in nonvalved aqueous shunt surgery significantly reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medication usage in the immediate postoperative period compared with the use of fenestrations alone.
Purpose: To compare early postoperative IOP and medication usage in patients undergoing implantation of a nonvalved aqueous shunt device with fenestrations only or fenestrations with nylon wicks.
Methods: A retrospective review of all nonvalved aqueous shunt insertions completed by one surgeon (L.