ASCRS 2012: iScience Didactic Course With Dr. Robert Sinskey

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. Canaloplasty can reduce pressure in the eye (IOP) by nearly 40%, and many glaucoma...

Glaucoma Surgery 101

Is Glaucoma Treatment Surgery Safe? If you have been diagnosed with glaucoma and contemplating surgery, it is but normal to be racked with questions and fear in your mind. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the US and majority of the cases seen by...

Why Do Some Good Eye Surgeons Not Take Fellowship?

Glaucoma is a serious eye disease that can lead to blindness. It is therefore best seen and treated by a glaucoma specialist. Among other eye diseases, glaucoma specialists are eye doctors who chose to train specifically in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. It...

A Glaucoma Treatment Guide For Patients And Caregivers

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...

Modern Glaucoma Cures: Lighting The Way

Contemporary medicine has alleviated humankind from the scourge of disease, both by preventing or finding cures for various ills like glaucoma. The technological breakthroughs in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) have been quite dramatic. POAG is a condition wherein...

Glaucoma Treatment Options 101

With a patient’s sight on the line, glaucoma is a race against time. For every increase in intraocular pressure (IOP), a person with glaucoma slowly inches her way towards blindness. A glaucoma specialist therefore must address this process by keeping her patient’s...

The Evolution Of Glaucoma Treatment Surgery

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)....

What Is A Glaucoma Specialist?

Glaucoma is the “silent thief of sight” that literally robs you blind. It is an eye disease that usually goes undetected for years because of the absence of any symptoms. Glaucoma  is irreversible and progressive once damage to the nerves of the eye has...

What Is The Big Deal About A Bleb?

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...

Endophthalmitis After Filtering Surgery With Mitomycin

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...

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