Glaucoma News

Studies that included confounding factors during analysis such as age or sex were more likely to show a relationship between IOP and myopia than studies without such consideration.

An AI-enabled dashboard designed to monitor glaucomatous functional loss showed potential for providing clinicians with a user-friendly tool for determining the severity of glaucoma-related vision deficit, the spatial extent of damage and means for monitoring progression.

Stopping glaucoma medication resulted in a dose-dependent IOP increase in patients treated for open-angle glaucoma, according to data from two independent clinical trial cohorts.

Recall of after-visit summaries and correlation with medication adherence varied between patients with glaucoma who did and did not receive a summary, according to a study published in Journal of Glaucoma.

Researchers found that evaluating vision impairment in patients with glaucoma through the use of virtual reality simulations correlated with results from the NEI 25-item Visual Function Questionnaire Rasch score.

Phacoemulsification caused a significant and persistent decrease in IOP and corneal resistance factor among both patients with type 2 diabetes and those without diabetes, whereas corneal hysteresis recovered to preoperative values among the diabetic group, according to data published in Cornea.

Older age, female sex, inferior peripheral visual field damage and preserved inferior central visual field sensitivity in patients with glaucoma were associated with an increased fear of falling, according to findings published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

Damage to visual function correlated with change in driving behaviors in patients with glaucoma, according to findings published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

The Ultrasound Cyclo Plasty procedure using high intensity focused ultrasound was effective, safe and well-tolerated for reducing IOP in patients with moderate glaucoma, according to a prospective interventional noncomparative study published in the Journal of Glaucoma.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2020, Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD, discusses his personal approach to a new patient’s initial glaucoma examination, whether that patient is referred by a friend, an ophthalmologist, an optometrist or even another glaucoma specialist.