The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a reviewing body that recommends medical treatments and clinical practices according to the strength of evidence, has recently stated its position on early assessment of asymptomatic glaucoma in the general...
Why Choose Canaloplasty? So why choose canaloplasty over other more traditional glaucoma surgeries such as trabeculectomy or tubes? Well, there are number of reasons but the main one is safety.Safety Canaloplasty simply is a safer surgery and there are multiple...
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...
Unknown to many, the second leading cause of blindness around the world is a condition called glaucoma. People may have it for years without being aware of it. There is really no sufficient explanation as to what causes it. Those who suffer from it have elevated...
Choose The Right Glaucoma Specialist For You More than that Meets the Glaucoma Eye Sight is one of the basic senses we use in everyday life and often take for granted. Marsha is just one of the many elderly people who are diagnosed with acute open angle glaucoma each...
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...
Like a ticking time bomb, blindness is waiting to explode in a glaucoma eye. Sadly however, majority of persons with glaucoma have it for years without them ever knowing. It is estimated that less than half of the patients with glaucoma are aware they have it. This is...
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...
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 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...
