{"id":1940,"date":"2022-09-12T12:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T10:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/?page_id=1940"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:45:30","slug":"slt-laser-for-glaucoma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/treatments\/laser-treatments\/slt-laser-for-glaucoma\/","title":{"rendered":"SLT laser for glaucoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section id=\"bt_section6a93c35f96ce1\"  class=\"boldSection topSemiSpaced bottomSemiSpaced btDarkSkin gutter inherit\" style=\"background-color:rgb(28,76,147);\"><div class=\"port\"><div class=\"boldCell\"><div class=\"boldCellInner\"><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-2  col-sm-4 col-ms-12 btTextLeft\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-8 col-ms-12 btTextCenter animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><header class=\"header btClear extralarge btDash topDash  btAlternateDash\" ><div class=\"btSuperTitle\">Laser treatments<\/div><div class=\"dash\"><h1><span class=\"headline\">SLT laser for glaucoma<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/header><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-2  col-sm-4 col-ms-12 btTextLeft\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section id=\"bt_section6a93c35f96fd4\"  class=\"boldSection topSpaced bottomSpaced gutter inherit\" ><div class=\"port\"><div class=\"boldCell\"><div class=\"boldCellInner\"><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-6 col-sm-12 btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btClear btSeparator topSmallSpaced bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_xs bt_bb_hidden_ms bt_bb_hidden_sm\" ><hr><\/div><header class=\"header btClear large  btNormalDash\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><div class=\"btSubTitle\">The most common form of glaucoma, chronic open-angle glaucoma, is a serious disease that can lead to blindness. Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) reduces intraocular pressure, a key risk factor for glaucoma, by promoting aqueous drainage. SLT laser therapy can be used in addition to, or sometimes as a replacement for, medical glaucoma therapy (drops). It often allows glaucoma patients to free themselves from the burden and side effects of glaucoma medications.<\/div><\/header><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rowItem col-md-6 col-sm-12 btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btIconImageRow\" ><div class=\"bpgPhoto btTextCenter\" ><div class=\"btImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SLT-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomExtraSmallSpaced noBorder\" ><hr><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomSemiSpaced noBorder bt_bb_hidden_md bt_bb_hidden_lg\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"boldRow  \" ><div class=\"boldRowInner\"><div class=\"rowItem col-md-12 col-ms-12  btTextLeft animate animate-fadein inherit\"  ><div class=\"rowItemContent\" ><div class=\"btClear btSeparator bottomExtraSmallSpaced noBorder\" ><hr><\/div><div class=\"btClear btSeparator topSmallSpaced border\" ><hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2554,"parent":1370,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1940","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3390,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1940\/revisions\/3390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceopalermo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}