Trabeculectomy after failed glaucoma drainage device (GDD) is often thought of as a poor choice due to the possibility of violated conjunctiva leading to failure of the trabeculectomy. Thus, no large ...

Noncomparative retrospective case series of 45 eyes of 39 patients. Main outcome measures were surgical success (≤21, ≤18, and ≤16 mm Hg reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP)). Other outcome ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately 3 million Americans carry the diagnosis of glaucoma. At 5 years after diagnosis, approximately 5% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The first eye surgery outcome was the only factor that affected the second eye surgery outcome. Cumulative ...

A new report suggests corticosteroids likely are not a panacea for ocular surface disease, a potential adverse effect of trabeculectomy. Patients who took steroid eye drops before trabeculectomy for ...

CHICAGO, Illinois — A large retrospective analysis of more than 150,000 eyes from a national eye registry have shown that combining surgeries for glaucoma and cataract into one procedure didn't ...

GDDs significantly increase corneal edema risk compared to trabeculectomy, with a 27.7% incidence versus 13.5% for trabeculectomy. MIGS and Xen stents show lower risks for corneal edema, with ...

LOS ANGELES & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ELT Sight, Inc. today announced that in the largest published study to date on excimer laser trabeculostomy (ELT), the ExTra ELT procedure plus cataract surgery ...

I heard Wayne had to give up driving because he is blind from glaucoma, but I saw him at the cafe reading a newspaper. I’m struggling to make sense of that: what is glaucoma?” ...