WASHINGTON, DC — Baerveldt tube-shunt surgery for glaucoma is cost-effective, despite the fact that it is more expensive than trabeculectomy, the gold-standard treatment, a new study has found. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Glaucoma drainage implants maintain long-term control of IOP in uveitic eyes with fluocinolone acetonide implants, according to a poster presented at the American Glaucoma Society ...

CHICAGO -- Traditional glaucoma surgery more than doubled the likelihood of treatment success for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) as compared with the more widely used minimally invasive glaucoma ...

Support local journalism. A digital subscription is incredibly affordable and worth its weight in gold. Click here and subscribe today. Cataract develops when the lens inside the eye becomes cloudy as ...

Laser eye surgeries can help treat glaucoma by improving the outflow of fluid in the eye. Types of surgeries include trabeculoplasty, iridotomy, and cyclophotocoagulation. Doctors may suggest a ...

Cataract surgery in eyes with small pupils is a challenge, and having a history of uveitis makes it even more so due to the iris synechiae that tend to form. Having a glaucoma seton device in the eye ...

Elderly patients who underwent surgery for glaucoma had a greater risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality than those who did not have surgery, including greater risk of cancer and neurologic ...

CHICAGO, Illinois — A large retrospective analysis of more than 150,000 eyes from a national eye registry have shown that combining surgeries for glaucoma and cataract into one procedure didn't ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Patients with glaucoma who were treated with a microstent during cataract surgery retained benefits over traditional surgery at 5 years, a randomized study found. In addition, rate of ...

Christine Funke, MD, a glaucoma specialist at Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center in Phoenix, Arizona, discussed how minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has been able to offer her patients better ...