Glaucoma

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Zoltan Z. Nagy, MD, PhD, DSc, discusses femtosecond laser-assisted trabeculotomy to treat open-angle glaucoma.

Laser trabeculoplasty was described in 1979 and involved an argon modality to noninvasively treat the trabecular meshwork.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, John P. Berdahl, MD, encourages surgeons to consider MIGS as an option for their patients with glaucoma.

Patterns of visual field damage vary depending on whether a patient with advanced glaucoma has primary open-angle glaucoma or normal tension glaucoma, according to a study in the Journal of Glaucoma.

Both structural changes and hemodynamic factors affected central visual function in patients with myopic glaucoma, according to a study in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

Despite greater severity at presentation, Black patients had less frequent glaucoma monitoring and greater progression of disease compared with white patients, according to a study in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Statin use was not found to be a protective strategy against glaucoma or related traits of glaucoma, according to a cross-sectional study in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Robert J. Noecker, MD, MBA, discusses the benefits of using combination procedures to manage mild to moderate glaucoma and cataract.

As a primary care optometrist, I know that some patients will come and go. You may prescribe contact lenses or glasses for a young patient and never see them again when they move away to college.

NEW YORK – Either a prostaglandin or selective laser trabeculoplasty is an effective primary treatment for glaucoma, “but once you get past the primary therapy, there are 44,000 different combinations of glaucoma medications you can prescribe,” said a speaker here at Vision Expo East.