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It is a fact: glaucoma patients are dry eye patients. Think about it. How many of your glaucoma patients don't complain of dry-eye-related symptoms? Glaucoma affects nearly 3 million Americans, [...]

INTRODUCTION Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy that is estimated to affect more than 3 million Americans and to account for up to 12% of all cases of blindness. (1) [...]

Introduction The development of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has significantly altered the surgical approach to primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). MIGS procedures expand the options for glaucoma surgeons and patients, [...]

Today, eyecare teams are strained by heavily loaded schedules and stacks of diagnostic images to review. We sometimes forget the compassion we have for patients with ocular disease when we [...]

AN INVESTIGATIONAL IOP-LOWERING modality--direct selective laser trabeculoplasty (DSLT) (BELKIN Laser)--is being developed for its potential as a first-line treatment for ocular hypertension (OHT) open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and possibly for angle-closure [...]

In the chronic treatment of intraocular pressure (IOP) lowering in glaucoma patients, eye care has experienced a renaissance in pharmacologic molecules as well as delivery modalities. For topical glaucoma treatment, [...]

Glaucoma drainage devices are increasingly flowing in many glaucoma practices. You may be familiar with laser glaucoma procedures, including argon laser trabeculoplasty, selective laser trabeculoplasty, and micropulse laser trabeculoplasty. Trabeculectomy [...]

NEUROPROTECTIVE and neuroregenerative treatments will be part of glaucoma management in the future, but IOP-lowering will continue to have an important role, according to glaucoma specialists Christopher A. Girkin, MD, [...]

Introduction Glaucoma continues to be a leading cause of irreversible vision loss worldwide. Recent advances in ophthalmology, including new diagnostic tools, novel therapies, and outcomes from clinical trials, allow for [...]

I have spoken to glaucoma patients and suspected glaucoma patients about the risk of visual field loss many times for several reasons. They need to know, they have a right [...]

Cost-effective community-based screening and opportunistic case detection are two important lessons learned by researchers outside the United States that may be beneficial for identifying patients with undetected glaucoma in the [...]

Treating and managing chronic glaucoma can be rewarding as an optometrist. The frequency of office visits to monitor this chronic disease provides ODs an opportunity to develop a close relationship [...]

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) may be as an important tool in the management of patients with glaucoma, according to Robert L. Stamper, MD. The technology, which relies on the [...]

SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR patients and physicians before cataract surgery in advanced glaucoma cases was one of eight pearls shared by Yvonne Ou, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology and co-director of [...]

HYPOTONY, LOW IOP after surgery, can have an adverse impact on a patient's vision. It is defined as an IOP of 5 mm Hg or less and generally occurs in [...]

It may seem unconventional to tell patients with angle-closure glaucoma that they need cataract surgery, but that sometimes can be the most effective glaucoma treatment, according to Reay H. Brown, [...]

GLAUCOMA TUBE SHUNT surgery may seem somewhat mundane, but a certain amount of finesse can help surgeons ease difficult situations and achieve the best long-term outcomes for patients. Jonathan Eisengart, [...]

Careful planning, pre-, intra-, and postoperative modifications can lead to better visual outcomes in hypotonous glaucoma patients when cataract surgery is performed, said Anup Khatana, MD, director, Glaucoma Service, Cincinnati [...]

COMPLICATIONS AFTER glaucoma surgery include a number of different entities--and for each, there is variety of potential causes as well as preventive strategies. N. Douglas Baker, MD, discussed issues relating [...]

I was never any good at those search-and-find books as a kid. Where's Waldo eluded me for years. As an adult, my own children have much more of a knack [...]

The primary goals of glaucoma management include preservation of visual function and quality of life. To achieve these goals, accurate staging of each patient's glaucoma is important so that treatment [...]

SALZBURG, AUSTRIA :: A MINIMALLY INVASIVE GEL stent may bring new hope for patients with early glaucomas. Data from the largest trial to date of the device (XEN Gel Stent, [...]

When it comes to understanding who is affected by glaucoma, 1975 was a time of great confusion for those interested in the disease. The confusion persists. Six years earlier, Mansour [...]

DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL technologies are improving continuously, and both ends of the spectrum are equally important for patients with glaucoma, with an eye toward individualized treatment, according to Thomas Samuelson, [...]

Glaucoma is a chronic disease. It is a life sentence. With advances in glaucoma care such as minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS), patients are increasingly becoming less reliant on topical [...]

IN THE WAKE of the COVID-19 pandemic and Canada-wide lockdown, Canadian ophthalmologists have moved to screening patients by phone, triaging the need for in-person visits and attempting to treat emergent [...]

MOST PATIENTS WITH glaucoma respond to some degree to medical, laser, or surgical therapies designed to lower IOP; however, there are some who may or may not prefer additional routes [...]

Diagnosing and managing glaucoma now commonly involves the aid of optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans to correlate structure with function of the optic nerve. Sounds simple enough. For example, a [...]

I often recall fondly how one of my mentors, Mitch Dul, OD, FAAO, told me that patients can have 'as many diseases as they pleases.' We know this to be [...]

REPEAT-SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY (SLT), a protocol explored in a subset of patients in the SLT Laser in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension (LIGHT Trial), successfully lowered the IOP in eyes in [...]

Medical management to achieve immediate lowering of IOP, vitreous de-compression, and restoration of normal anatomy with posterior ciliary body rotation is first-line treatment for aqueous misdirection Syndrome. If, however, IOP [...]

GLAUCOMA, as one of the leading causes of blindness and currently affecting up to four million Americans, is a general name given to a group of optic neuropathies characterized by [...]

According to a 2014 study by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), worldwide prevalence of glaucoma is expected to skyrocket, from 64.3 million in 2013, to 111.8 million by 2040. [...]

GLAUCOMA IS EXPERIENCING a renaissance with promise in a greater number of therapies, exciting research, and the brightest talent being attracted to the profession, according to Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH. [...]

WHILE IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE to pin down the percentage of glaucoma patients who are noncompliant with their medication, there is no doubt that many fall under this heading. This [...]

Optometrists are troubled when patients do not return as advised for eye examinations. For example, ODs are concerned when a patient has an eye disease as potentially significant as glaucoma [...]

AT A TIME when there are more treatment options than ever to manage glaucoma--including new minimally invasive procedures and agents for medical treatment--the shortage of a traditional glaucoma drug is [...]

Every three months, I have the opportunity to see a patient who goes way back in the lexicon of our practice. My grandfather stopped practicing about 30 years ago, and [...]

A ROCK-HARD CATARACT in a glaucoma patient requires plenty of patience, according to Garry P. Condon, MD, Allegheny Ophthalmic and Orbital Associates, PC, Pittsburgh. 'We've all been there,' he said. [...]

THERE IS no longer any reason to dread cataract surgery in eyes with uveitic glaucoma, according to Mark A. Werner, MD, Delray Eye Associates, Delray Beach, FL. Although there was [...]

PERFORMING CATARACT SURGERY in the pseudoexfoliation (PFX) glaucoma patient requires special care from the preoperative to postoperative periods, according to Amy D. Zhang, MD, assistant professor, Kellogg Eye Center, University [...]

ODs like to think that excellence in utilizing technology, prescribing pharmaceuticals, and making clinical decision(s) unites them in preventing human suffering and loss of vision. Nowhere is this more critical [...]

LATANOPROSTENE bunod ophthalmic solution 0.024% (LBN) (Vyzulta, Bausch + Lomb) is a safe and effective addition to the IOP-lowering treatment armamentarium, and seems to offer particular value for managing patients [...]

Over the years I have read numerous articles concerning the merits--specifically those of more efficient time management--of optometrists delegating more and more tasks to para-professionals, technicians, and scribes.In my practiceIn [...]

CONTINOUS-WAVE (CW) transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (TSCPC) is a method of treating glaucoma that involves cycloablation of the ciliary body epithelium to decrease the production of aqueous humor by the ciliary body, [...]

Changes in both technology and the healthcare policy are presenting new challenges for glaucoma specialists. As the demand for eye care surges, ophthalmologists are struggling to keep updespite the availability [...]

Medical therapy for glaucoma is not becoming obsolete, but it is evolving away from conventional topical administration. Considering the pace of innovation, Malik Y. Kahook, MD, suggested that drops will [...]

Endothelial keratoplasty has evolved greatly over the past 16 years: from the deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) procedure of a hand-dissected donor placed in a hand-dissected bed to today's most [...]

THERE IS A GROWING glaucoma pandemic, with 79.6 million people estimated to be affected by this disease by the year 2020. (1) Though it is the second-leading cause of blindness, [...]

There is a shift in mindset happening in regard to glaucoma. It is a chronic disease, and like most chronic diseases, treatment is not a one procedure that controls the [...]