Continuation of Risks of Trabeculectomy (Part 1 of 2) Late postoperative (after the eye has healed from surgery) Loss of vision Many patients who need to have glaucoma surgery have already lost a significant amount of vision. They would be expected to lose additional...
It’s a pretty good assumption that if you are reading this either you’ve been diagnosed with glaucoma, told you are at risk for glaucoma, or know someone with glaucoma. These are all good reasons to care and to want to gain more knowledge about this disease of the...
STUDIO CITY (CBSLA.com) — Dr. David Richardson, a Southern California board certified eye surgeon appeared on KCAL9 News on December 30, 2012 to discuss his new book: “So You’ve Got A Cataract? | What You Need to Know About Cataract Surgery: A...
Is Eliminating Drops Worth The Risk Of Having Canaloplasty? Canaloplasty is surgery and as a surgery it does have some risks. So, the question is to whether or not it’s worth taking the risk, if your glaucoma is currently controlled on drops is one that needs to...
Canaloplasty The Keys to Optimizing Patients’ Outcomes from Dr David Richardson Canaloplasty (pronounced Kah-NAL-oh-plas-tee) is a new glaucoma treatment that gives many people with this potentially blinding condition the hope of saving the vision they have....
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...
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of Blindness. It is a common disease of the eye which results from the dysfunction in the eye’s drainage system – the canal of Schlemm that leads to irreversible blindness. Because there are hardly any symptoms in the earlier...
Canaloplasty Surgery FAQ by Dr. David Richardson from Dr David Richardson What is Canaloplasty? Canaloplasty (pronounced Kah-NAL-oh-plas-tee) is a new glaucoma treatment that gives many people with this potentially blinding condition the hope of saving the...
Click (+) Sign to See The Video Transcript Glaucoma Treatment - Canaloplasty | abc7 There is now a new glaucoma treatment, called canaloplasty. “Traditional glaucoma surgery, called trebeculectomy, has quite a few risks associated with it,” said Dr. David...
About Canaloplasty Video Transcript Hello. I’m Dr. David Richardson.If you have glaucoma, you may be considering one of the many glaucoma surgeries available for this condition. Or, you may just be frustrated by the hassle, cost, and side effects of the glaucoma...
