The risk for endophthalmitis after glaucoma drainage rises for up to 5 years and is much higher than that for a device-placement surgery for detached retina, a study finds.

Analysis of data from a randomized trial finds trabeculectomy typically is the better financial bet than tube shunt surgery as a first option to treat glaucoma.

To analyze 12- and 24-month visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and complications associated with combined pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and glaucoma tube shunt placement in eyes with glaucoma. A ...

Major surgeries such as trabeculectomy and shunts aren't the only options for treating glaucoma when medicines and laser treatments don't work. Minimally invasive surgery is at the forefront of newer ...

Avoidance of hypotony in the early post-operative phase following glaucoma drainage device surgery is paramount, if serious complications are to be avoided. Current strategies of preventing early ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with limbal stem cell deficiency after glaucoma surgery typically experienced only epithelial changes ...

CHICAGO -- Traditional glaucoma surgery more than doubled the likelihood of treatment success for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) as compared with the more widely used minimally invasive glaucoma ...

A landmark glaucoma surgery was performed at the Army Hospital using the Hydrus Microstent guided by intraoperative aqueous angiography. This technique enhances drainage in glaucoma patients, marking ...

Support local journalism. A digital subscription is incredibly affordable and worth its weight in gold. Click here and subscribe today. Cataract develops when the lens inside the eye becomes cloudy as ...

Doctors at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) have achieved a world first breakthrough in glaucoma surgery, ...