Glaucoma

Cigna Healthcare has updated its glaucoma surgical procedure policy to cover both ab interno canaloplasty and goniotomy to treat primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a press release from Sight Sciences.

Glaucoma-related adverse events are frequent after lensectomy in children, according to a study.

As our population size increases and grows older, treatment of ocular disease will become more prominent in optometric practices. Consequently, the percentage of revenue generated by medical management will grow.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Donald C. Hood, PhD, discusses how progression models may help detect the damage that glaucoma may cause to the circle of ganglion cells around the fovea.

Monitoring rates of ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning may help determine glaucoma progression in eyes with suspected glaucoma, according to data published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

An eye drop bottle cap monitor measured and improved adherence in patients with glaucoma, with 80% of users experiencing at least a 90% adherence rate, according to data published in Journal of Glaucoma.

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, I. Paul Singh, MD, discusses phase 3 data on the iDose TR implant from Glaukos.

The Humphrey Field Analyzer 24-2C Faster may help initial visual field evaluation with the advantage of shorter testing time in patients with glaucoma, according to data published in Optometry and Vision Science.

Canaloplasty and trabeculotomy performed with the Omni surgical system provided patients with glaucoma with sustained IOP control over 2 years, according to a study published in Clinical Ophthalmology.