Intraocular Pressure

Ophthalmologists must consider the cost-effectiveness of available treatment options for glaucoma and the impact this may have on patients, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

A 49-year-old white woman was referred by an outside eye provider to the glaucoma service at Tufts Medical Center for evaluation of elevated IOP in the left eye and episodes of transient vision “darkening” upon awakening for the past year.

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.

Excimer laser trabeculostomy reduced both IOP and medication burden in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, according to a poster at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

ORLANDO — Pressurized goggles can help lower IOP in patients with normal-tension glaucoma, according to a speaker at Telling It Like It Is.

  Seonix Bio launched SightScore, a polygenic risk score testing service for primary open-angle glaucoma, in the United States, according to a press release.

ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Telling It Like It Is, I. Paul Singh, MD, discusses utilizing the “robust” portfolio of technologies and devices to shift to an interventional glaucoma mindset.

ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Telling It Like It Is, Steven M. Silverstein, MD, FACS, discusses the positive impact of Dextenza on inflammation after intraocular surgery.

The Sing IMT improved distance and near vision at 6 months in patients with late-stage age-related macular degeneration, with minimal impact on the corneal endothelium, according to a study published in Heliyon.

The Voyager direct selective laser trabeculoplasty device is now available in the U.S., according to a press release from Alcon. In this Healio Video Perspective, Zarmeena Vendal, MD, discusses her positive experience with the Voyager DSLT and its contribution to interventional glaucoma.