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.

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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patients with glaucoma who underwent ...

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, ...

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 ...

When conventional therapies for glaucoma have been exhausted, ophthalmologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have a new surgical technique in their arsenal to arrest this blinding ...

Glaucoma can be treated with eye drops, pills, laser surgery, traditional incisional surgery, newer minimally invasive surgical alternatives or a combination of these methods. The goal of any ...

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 ...

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