Glaucoma News

Glaukos will be the exclusive distributor of Santen’s MicroShunt in the United States, the companies announced.

In a large 3-year trial, selective laser trabeculoplasty showed better control of IOP and better cost-effectiveness than eye drops as a first-line treatment for glaucoma and ocular hypertension. According to the authors, these findings suggest that selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) should be offered as a first-line treatment, supporting a change in clinical practice.

Novaliq and BLP Management Group have formed Betaliq, a company that will develop beta-blockers for the treatment of glaucoma, according to a press release.

Patients who underwent a novel surgical method to treat chronic ocular hypotony experienced increased IOP and visual acuity through a mean 27.7-month follow-up period, according to a study.

Individuals with high fitness levels show lower IOP and ocular perfusion pressure during a maximal treadmill text compared to individuals of a lower fitness level, whose IOP and ocular perfusion pressure increased, according to a study published in the European Journal of Ophthalmology.

The FDA’s approval of Rocklatan and news updates from the American Glaucoma Society meeting were among the most-read glaucoma-related articles on Healio.com/OSN in recent weeks.

If you fly at all, you can’t help but be a bit unsettled in the wake of two commercial airline tragedies over the past 6 months. What’s even more concerning is that both involved the same aircraft, the Boeing 737 Max 8.

“As we are able to diagnose glaucoma earlier and earlier and have a better understanding of the disease, it will help to determine the most appropriate therapy for the individual patient, whether that is drops, sustained release or surgical intervention,” private practitioner Chris Wroten, OD, told Primary Care Optometry News.

With proper anatomic placement of the CyPass Micro-Stent, postimplantation migration of a supraciliary device is not common, according to Shakeel Shareef, MD, professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and surgeon at the Flaum Eye Institute.

NEW YORK – Performing a wellness exam provides baseline information “that helps us make clinical decisions based on a patient’s health status being positive rather than being negative,” Aaron Lech, OD, said here at Vision Expo East.