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Cohort studyPloS one · 2026

Long-term medical and surgical treatment patterns in Korean patients newly diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma: A 10-year retrospective cohort study.

Sung Pyo Park, Chan Woong Joo, Kyoung Lae Kim … Kyeong Ik Na
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Only 3.1% of patients with open-angle glaucoma needed surgery within 10 years.

Long-term medical and surgical treatment patterns in Korean patients newly diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma: A 10-year retrospective cohort study.

Sung Pyo Park … Kyeong Ik Na
PloS one · 2026
Purpose

To investigate the long-term medical and surgical treatment of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (primary open-angle glaucoma).

Methods

This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database in Korea, focusing on patients newly diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma in 2010.

n = 1,599 patients
Results

very few glaucoma patients ever ended up needing eye surgery

1.54
Before
1.99
After
More results

Prostaglandin analogue eye drops monotherapy was the most frequently prescribed glaucoma eye drop prescriptions in the first year (39.9%).

The average number of prescribed glaucoma eye drops per patient was 1.19 in the first year and significantly increased to 1.40 by the tenth year.

More results

Similarly, the average number of prescribed ingredients per patient increased from 1.54 to 1.99 over the same period.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

This study quantitatively confirmed an increase in glaucoma medication use in patients newly diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma over a 10-year treatment period.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Additionally, it reveals the incidence of glaucoma surgery based on sex and age. These findings provide valuable evidence for consulting patients with glaucoma.

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