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Methods: 25 eyes of 25 patients, who used a drop of dexamethasone 0.1% 4 times a day for 7 days as post-laser therapy, formed the Steroid SLT group and 24 eyes of 24 patients, where no topical steroids or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents as post-laser therapy were used, formed the No-steroid SLT group. Success was defined as an intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering exceeding 20% of pretreatment IOP. Results: The mean follow-up time was 21.24 months for the Steroid SLT group and 20.25 months for the No-steroid SLT group (p = 0.990). No significant difference was found between the two groups for mean pretreatment IOP (22.20 mmHg vs. 22.33 mmHg), and for mean IOP reductions during whole follow-up period. At all follow-up visits, the mean IOP reductions were smaller in the Steroid SLT group than in the No-steroid SLT group. At all follow-up visits, the mean percent IOP reduction was smaller in the Steroid SLT group than in the No-steroid SLT group, and such a difference was significant at 12 months (25.4% vs. 29.6%, p = 0.047) and 24 months (25.3% vs. 29.7%, p = 0.024). According to the Kaplan\u2013Meier survival analysis, the 24-month success rate was 84% in the Steroid SLT group and 79.2% in the No-steroid SLT group, with no differences between the groups (p = 0.675). 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