Glaucoma News

A subset of Hispanic patients within the larger GEMINI study confirmed the good outcomes of combined canaloplasty and trabeculotomy performed with the Omni surgical system at the time of cataract surgery.

As a primary care optometrist, I know that some patients will come and go. You may prescribe contact lenses or glasses for a young patient and never see them again when they move away to college.

NEW YORK – Either a prostaglandin or selective laser trabeculoplasty is an effective primary treatment for glaucoma, “but once you get past the primary therapy, there are 44,000 different combinations of glaucoma medications you can prescribe,” said a speaker here at Vision Expo East.

DENVER — Prospectively recorded falls could help predict future falls for patients with glaucoma, according to a study presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Nir Shoham-Hazon, MD, discusses a study showing micropulse laser treatment to be safe and effective in treating glaucoma.

DENVER — Results from visual field testing with Heru’s augmented reality headset, re:Vive, correlate well with Humphrey SITA Fast, with comparable wait time, Nadine Rady said here at ARVO.

Corneal hysteresis was a significant risk factor for glaucomatous central and peripheral visual field progression, according to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Tinnitus was significantly associated with pre-existing primary open-angle glaucoma, researchers reported in the Journal of Glaucoma.

Functional and structural glaucoma severity was associated with impaired intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell function, according to a study published in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.

Long-term IOP fluctuations and disc hemorrhage increased the risk for visual field loss in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a study published in the Journal of Glaucoma.