The risk for endophthalmitis after glaucoma drainage rises for up to 5 years and is much higher than that for a ...

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.

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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 ...

The results of a new study show donor corneas not suitable for transplants may serve as a more effective alternative to traditional tissue for patients needing tissue to cover a glaucoma shunt, ...

Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve that can lead to vision loss and permanent blindness. Without proper treatment, a person with glaucoma loses peripheral vision first, followed by the loss of ...

Christine Funke, MD, a glaucoma specialist at Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center in Phoenix, Arizona, discussed how minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has been able to offer her patients better ...