Glaucoma

High polygenic risk score in individuals with early or suspected glaucoma was associated with a faster rate of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thinning and visual field worsening, a study found.

Faster macular thinning, detected by OCT, was associated with faster subsequent rates of central visual field loss in a study.

Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery is an important technique for ophthalmologists to learn and should be implemented into their practices sooner rather than later, according to a speaker at Real World Ophthalmology.

The FDA has accepted a new drug application for PDP-716 for the treatment of glaucoma, according to a press release from Visiox Pharma.

A panel of expert glaucoma surgeons reached consensus on patient selection and preoperative, perioperative and postoperative management with the PreserFlo microshunt drainage device.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Osamah Saeedi, MD, discusses the effects of netarsudil on episcleral venous flow in subjects with ocular hypertension and glaucoma suspects.

CHICAGO — In this exclusive surgical video for Healio/OSN, I. Paul Singh, MD, demonstrates a goniotomy using the new Sion surgical instrument, a manually operated bladeless device from Sight Sciences.

With support from Nova Eye Medical, a group of surgeons has launched a registry that will capture real-world data on canaloplasty procedures performed with the iTrack and iTrack Advance devices.

Smoking intensity was linked with decreased optic nerve vessel density in patients with glaucoma, according to a study in Journal of Glaucoma.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Mitchell C. Shultz, MD, discusses a study that compared the iStent inject W and Hydrus microstent to treat glaucoma in patients who have and have not undergone canaloplasty.