May 3, 2012 (Chicago, Illinois) — The second-generation GTS400 stent has a high intraoperative reliability, and appears to be safe and effective, with a postoperative decrease in intraocular pressure ...

This prospective, nonrandomized, consecutive cohort study aimed to assess 36-month outcomes after cataract surgery and implantation of two second-generation trabecular microbypass stents (iStent ...

OSN Glaucoma Board Member Ike K. Ahmed, MD, FRCSC, said he considers micro-stent procedures to be safer than other tube shunt devices or trabeculectomy. “They are procedurally very efficient, less ...

Glaukos has claimed a series of regulatory clearances in Europe for its micro-scale surgical implants to treat patients with glaucoma, expanding the company’s reach overseas. The green lights under ...

FDA has announced it has approved the first glaucoma stent for use with cataract surgery, according to a news release. The iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System, model GTS100R/L, manufactured by ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis' eye care unit Alcon is withdrawing a surgical stent for glaucoma patients after clinical data showed it may damage the eye, but the Swiss drugmaker said the move would not ...

(HealthDay News) – An ocular stent that’s designed to reduce inner-eye pressure among people with mild or moderate open-angle glaucoma has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The ...

While the Xen 45 gel stent implant showed beneficial long-term outcomes for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma, a substantial proportion of patients needed follow-up operations or bleb needling, ...

Ophthalmologist Dr. Arnold Prywes has fulfilled a mission years in the making — helping a patient with a challenging case of glaucoma by implanting a sight-saving device that he invented in 1991.

Betty Fecteau, left, 85, of West Seneca, had a tiny stent surgically placed into her right eye in May by Dr. Paul C. Holmwood, right, an ophthalmologist with Eye Care & Vision Associates, which has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Through an evolution that has seen several prototypes enter and leave the scene, ultra-small drainage devices ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis' eye care unit Alcon is withdrawing a surgical stent for glaucoma patients after ...