“…Most patients being evaluated for KPro, in our studies as well as in others, have had glaucoma prior to B-KPro surgery [68]. Subsequently, the glaucoma often worsens, as has been measured by changes in cup/disc ratio and visual fields [24]. In a recent example from the field, 90 % of the patients in a Thai study experienced prompt improvement of vision with B-KPro surgery, compared with preoperatively, but this percentage decreased to 55 % after 6 years.…”