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October 12, 2023
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Digital media may enhance patient understanding of glaucoma, glaucoma management

Digital media may enhance patient understanding of glaucoma, glaucoma management

Digital education through CheckedUp interactive screens resulted in better understanding of glaucoma and glaucoma interventions as compared with verbal information, according to a poster presentation at Real World Ophthalmology.

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October 12, 2023
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Custom goniolens enables visualization of trabecular meshwork

Custom goniolens enables visualization of trabecular meshwork

NEW ORLEANS — The combination of a custom gonioscopy lens and a commercially available OCT allowed researchers to visualize the iridocorneal angle, according to research presented at Academy ’23.

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October 12, 2023
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VIDEO: Glaucoma surgeons face reimbursement issues with MIGS

VIDEO: Glaucoma surgeons face reimbursement issues with MIGS

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Nathan M. Radcliffe, MD, discusses reimbursement issues for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery.

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October 06, 2023
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Man presents with incidental bilateral sectoral iris abnormalities

Man presents with incidental bilateral sectoral iris abnormalities

A 34-year-old man was referred to the New England Eye Center for incidentally found iris atrophy and corectopia in the right eye, along with cataracts in each eye.

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October 06, 2023
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BLOG: Identifying, treating dry eyes alongside glaucoma

BLOG: Identifying, treating dry eyes alongside glaucoma

When I am performing tests to determine a patient’s glaucoma status — visual fields, retinal nerve fiber layer measurements on OCT, fundus photography, etc — I will also examine their ocular surface and do meibomian gland imaging.

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October 03, 2023
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Calcium channel blocker use linked to 39% higher odds for glaucoma, no effect on IOP

Calcium channel blocker use linked to 39% higher odds for glaucoma, no effect on IOP

Calcium channel blocker use was associated with an average 39% higher odds of glaucoma, as well as thinner inner retinal thickness, in a cross-sectional study of UK Biobank data.

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October 02, 2023
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SLT effective, safe as long-term treatment option for open-angle glaucoma

SLT effective, safe as long-term treatment option for open-angle glaucoma

Selective laser trabeculoplasty can safely and effectively be used as primary intervention for treatment of open-angle glaucoma or as replacement for medications, according to a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

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September 11, 2023
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Despite training challenges, trabeculectomy remains crucial

Despite training challenges, trabeculectomy remains crucial

For more than 50 years, trabeculectomy has been the gold standard in the management of severe glaucoma.

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September 11, 2023
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BLOG: Trabs must die

BLOG: Trabs must die

In the cover story of this issue of Healio | OSN, we explore trabeculectomy as a time-honored glaucoma procedure.

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September 08, 2023
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Subtle differences in disease burden of vision loss may exist between sexes

Subtle differences in disease burden of vision loss may exist between sexes

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — A study tested the hypothesis that Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings utilizing the sfumato technique may be perceived differently by people with central vision loss vs. peripheral vision loss.

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