If trabeculectomy works so well, why don’t glaucoma surgeons recommend it to all of their patients with glaucoma? After all, cataract surgeons offer cataract surgery to nearly every one of their patients with a significant cataract. What’s so different about...
Why Trabeculectomy For Glaucoma? Ask most glaucoma surgeons what their “go to” glaucoma surgery is and the vast majority will answer, “trabeculectomy.” There are a number of very powerful reasons for this: It’s what glaucoma surgeons were taught in residency. Because...
What Is Trabeculectomy Surgery? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” If this well known opening to Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities were to be rewritten as “It was the best of glaucoma surgeries, it was the...
What Is The Big Deal About A Bleb Anyway? One of the benefits of canaloplasty is that it’s essentially a bleb-free procedure. It’s rare for anyone to develop a bleb. Almost everyone after canaloplasty is able to wear soft contact lenses if they desire, is...
With traditional glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy), a blister-like fluid collection (called a “bleb”) must be present on the surface of the eye for the surgery to work. Aqueous fluid (the fluid inside the eye) flows through the fistula into this bleb where...
Citation: Dahan E, Drusedau M. Nonpenetrating filtration surgery for glaucoma: control by surgery only. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 2000;26(5):695-701. ABSTRACT Purpose: To report on intraocular pressure (IOP) control by nonpenetrating filtration...
Citation: Ruderman J, Harbin T, Campbell D. Postoperative Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage Following Filtration Procedures. Archives of Ophthalmology. 1986;104(2):201-205. ABSTRACT We reviewed the charts of 500 patients who underwent filtration procedures and found ten...
Citation: The Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study, 8: Risk of Cataract Formation After Trabeculectomy. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2001;119(12):1771. ABSTRACT Objectives: To compare the risk of cataract formation in eyes with and without prior trabeculectomy and to...
Citation: Ciulla T, Beck A, Topping T, Baker A. Blebitis, Early EndophthalmitS, and Late Endophthalmitis after Glaucoma-filtering Surgery. Ophthalmology. 1997;104(6):986-995. Abstract Purpose: The differentiating characteristics in blebitis and early and late...
ReSGu Canaloplasty Trabeculectomy Bleb Failure? ReSGu Might Be For You! Contact Us Today Canaloplasty After Failed Trabeculectomy Canaloplasty (pronounced Kah-NAL-oh-plas-tee) is an advanced minimally invasive glaucoma treatment. It is a “non-penetrating” glaucoma...
