Glaucoma News

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Understanding the effects of high and low corneal hysteresis on tonometry measurements can be clinically useful in predicting pressure reduction in patients undergoing selective laser trabeculoplasty, or SLT, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2019.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — The SALT trial was born from discussion about “the mechanism of action of laser trabeculoplasty and the idea that the laser might work by activating what we would call proinflammatory pathways so maybe the steroids would actually be inhibiting the SLT from having a good effect,” said a speaker here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Based upon oculokinetic perimetry developed by ocular oncologist Bertil Damato, MD, PhD, in the 1980s and using virtual reality technology, a new visual field test overcomes some of the challenges of the gold standard of perimetry, according to a speaker here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Alan Faulkner, MD, from the Hawaiian Eye Foundation, presented Steve Charles, MD, with the Philip M. Corboy, MD, Memorial Award for Distinguished Service in Ophthalmology, sponsored by Bausch + Lomb here at Hawaiian Eye 2019.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2019, Savak “Sev” Teymoorian, MD, MBA, explains how the use of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery can be helpful in patients with glaucoma and astigmatism who are undergoing cataract surgery. Patients achieve good refractive results from the surgery, IOP lowering from the MIGS procedure and “minimal, if any, astigmatic changes,” when the appropriate MIGS device is chosen, he said.

January has been declared National Glaucoma Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness.

SAN ANTONIO – Konan previewed the ObjectiveField analyzer here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

A telemedicine project reported poor adherence to the American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Patterns guidelines for primary open angle glaucoma and primary open angle glaucoma suspect care by optometrists practicing in retail-based clinics.

A large observational study demonstrated that glaucoma patients implanted with the Glaukos iStent in combination with cataract surgery achieved a significant reduction in the use of topical medications over a follow-up of at least 2 years.

A study performed in Korea found that 60% of patients with primary angle closure glaucoma had normal IOP. Without gonioscopy, these cases could be misdiagnosed as normal tension glaucoma, the authors noted.