Glaucoma News

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In a presentation from Kiawah Eye, Thomas W. Samuelson, MD, discusses data supporting laser therapy as the first option for glaucoma treatment and upcoming laser technology.

Visiox Pharma has entered into a definitive agreement with Santen Pharmaceutical to license product manufacturing and commercialization rights for Omlonti in the U.S., according to a press release.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In a presentation at Kiawah Eye, Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD, shares videos on performing surgery in patients with small pupils.

The year’s second issue of the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which provides high-quality video-based education for anterior segment surgeons, is now online.

I am a comprehensive ophthalmologist practicing at the Center for Excellence in Eye Care, a subspecialty ophthalmology group in Miami. Given our location, we see a high proportion of minority patients from the Caribbean.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Reay H. Brown, MD, discusses the Omni Ergo-Series and Sion surgical instrument from Sight Sciences.

At the 2023 American Glaucoma Society annual meeting, my colleagues and I shared the findings of a study on IOP follow-up and prostaglandin analog therapy.

Higher levels of diglycerides and triglycerides were found to be associated with increased risk for primary open-angle glaucoma in a study.

Cigna Healthcare has updated its glaucoma surgical procedure policy to cover both ab interno canaloplasty and goniotomy to treat primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a press release from Sight Sciences.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Donald C. Hood, PhD, discusses how progression models may help detect the damage that glaucoma may cause to the circle of ganglion cells around the fovea.