Canaloplasty Patient Travels to US from India for Procedure Hi, I’m Nidhi Shetty and I’m 25 years old. I’m from Mumbai (that’s in India) and I’m a nutritionist by profession. I was previously employed with Nestle as an infant nutrition...
Open angle glaucoma is one of the most common reasons the elderly seek eye surgery. It is a chronic debilitating condition that can lead to blindness. In terms of glaucoma treatment, what works for one person may not necessarily be applicable to all. This is why...
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....
Understanding Glaucoma Being diagnosed with glaucoma can bring feelings of panic to both patients and their loved ones. Glaucoma is called the silent “thief of sight” and the second leading cause of blindness around the world. Rarely do symptoms appear until damage to...
NPGS is believed to be the most promising of all new glaucoma treatment surgery because its IOP lowering effect appears to be on par with traditional filtering surgeries while having the added benefit of fewer risks (Canaloplasty vs Trabeculectomy)....
Glaucoma is a Lifestyle Disease 2011 from Dr David Richardson SLIDE 1 | Good evening, and thank you for allowing me to share your evening with you. My name is David Richardson, and Im in private practice north of here in the San Gabriel Valley. Tonight I...
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: Mesci C, Erbil HH, Karakurt Y, Akçakaya AA. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2012 May-Jun;40(4):e197-207. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02611.x. Epub 2011 Aug 3. PMID: 21668789 ABSTRACT Background: To evaluate the long term results following deep sclerectomy with...
Yes, but you may have to wait until the eye is healed from surgery. How soon you may restart use of contact lenses will be up to your surgeon. Additionally, it may be necessary to get fitted for new contact lenses after Canaloplasty as the surgery can sometimes change...
Citation: Greenfield D. Endophthalmitis After Filtering Surgery With Mitomycin. Archives of Ophthalmology. 1996;114(8):943. ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the incidence, causative organisms, and clinical outcomes of eyes with bleb-associated endophthalmitis...