Intraocular Pressure

SALT LAKE CITY — Lower socioeconomic status was linked with worse eye structure and function at initial presentation in patients undergoing selective laser trabeculoplasty, according to a poster presentation.

LOS ANGELES — Patients implanted with a presbyopia-correcting IOL reported high satisfaction after surgery and preserved visual acuity in low light environments, according to a study.

  The FDA granted 510(k) clearance for Leos, a laser endoscopy ophthalmic system for a more intuitive laser endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation procedure, according to a press release from BVI Medical.

SEVILLE, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective, Anat Loewenstein, MD, MHA, and Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD, highlight topics discussed at the Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology.

Simple math demands that ophthalmologists and optometrists work together in caring for glaucoma patients. We have a growing population of patients with glaucoma, with a stable number of MD glaucoma specialists to manage them.

With the prevalence of glaucoma rising, the supply of specialists may not meet the demand for care, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

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.