Medication, laser, and surgery are all methods of treating glaucoma according to Jonathan Eisengart, MD. Jonathan Eisengart, MD, an ophthalmologist at Cleveland Clinic, explained how different ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BALTIMORE — Although drugs remain the first-line treatment for most glaucoma patients, many glaucoma specialists ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Studies support the use of first-line laser therapy for glaucoma treatment. Femtosecond laser image-guided ...
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Laser trabeculoplasty procedures can fail in 30% to 40% of patients with glaucoma, and they will need additional treatment to control their eye disease, according to 2 new ...
About 3 million people in the United States have glaucoma, and it’s the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While there is no cure ...
Laser treatment has the potential to transform the management of glaucoma in Africa, and to prevent more people from going irreversibly blind, particularly in regions with high disease prevalence and ...
ViaLase, a medical technology startup developing a new femtosecond laser treatment for glaucoma, has closed its series C funding round with $40 million in additional finance. Based in Alisa Viejo, ...
Over 2 million Americans have glaucoma, and half of them are unaware that their vision is slowly deteriorating, according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, ...
Aims To assess efficacy of trans-scleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation in the treatment of diabetic neovascular glaucoma refractory to medical therapy. Methods Case notes of 20 eyes of 20 patients ...
BENTON — The second leading cause of blindness in the United States is glaucoma. That's why Saline Memorial Hospital has announced the use of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, a treatment used to stop ...
More than 70 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma. Treatment options have traditionally included eye drops to reduce the fluid the eye produces or surgery to unclog the eye's drainage. But a ...