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 ...

To analyze 12- and 24-month visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and complications associated with combined pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and glaucoma tube shunt placement in eyes with glaucoma. A ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with limbal stem cell deficiency after glaucoma surgery typically experienced only epithelial changes ...

Major surgeries such as trabeculectomy and shunts aren't the only options for treating glaucoma when medicines and laser treatments don't work. Minimally invasive surgery is at the forefront of newer ...

Newmedica ophthalmologist Richard Stead provided HSOC delegates with an overview of contemporary treatment options ...

Avoidance of hypotony in the early post-operative phase following glaucoma drainage device surgery is paramount, if serious complications are to be avoided. Current strategies of preventing early ...

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 -- 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 ...

After tube-shunt surgery, the choices for further surgical intervention are often limited, because the conjunctiva may be scarred and not amenable to further manipulation. Such interventions as ...

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Global Glaucoma Surgery Devices Market OverviewThe global glaucoma surgery devices market is projected to expand at a steady growth rate of approximately 5% over the next five years, reflecting ...