Gonioscopy

In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Glaucoma Society meeting, Richard Lewis, MD, chief medical officer of ViaLase, discusses femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculotomy for the treatment of glaucoma.

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.

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.

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.

A good understanding of gonioscopy is a prerequisite to approach minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, according to a specialist speaking at Real World Ophthalmology.

Health care is one of the most carbon-intensive service sectors in Western industrialized countries, responsible for 4.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Optometrists should know the available options for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and their mechanisms of action, but they should not recommend a specific procedure to a patient when making a surgical referral, Constance O. Okeke, MD, MSCE, said here at the Optometric Glaucoma Society meeting, held prior to the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy effectively decreases IOP and medication burden in patients with steroid-induced glaucoma, a recent study suggests.