Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty is a safe and effective first-line treatment for glaucoma, comparable to or with advantages over common first-line eye drops.

“in the light trial patients with glaucoma were randomly assigned to either get the laser or the sort of most common first strongest eye drop and uh uh that gets used clinically and actually on many features they both worked at least as well but when looking out over the long term actually the laser had some advantages over the eye drop”