More Stents?

I have previously asked the question, “Are stents for your heart or your eyes?” This was referring to a popular glaucoma microstent that is placed in the eye of glaucoma patients during their cataract surgery. That was using one type of stent that has been around for years. A stent that has been around for a shorter time has recently been discussed in a forum that I view. One of the astounding things that some people claim about this newer stent is that it causes the eye pressure to sometimes to go down much more dramatically than had previously been expected. I take these discussions with a pinch of salt; these anecdotal results don’t seem to have been reproduced in studies. However, since these stents are definitely safer than some other glaucoma surgeries, it would be a wonderful thing to learn that newer stents really work well. One theoretical reason that the newer stent might be much more effective is that it stents open a lot more of the outflow pathway, and more open outflow leads to loss of more fluid and therefore lower eye pressure.