Surgery is considered when medications aren’t enough to treat glaucoma. Surgical options include trabeculectomy, tube shunt implantation, MIGS, and cyclophotocoagulation, each of which aims to lower ...

Trabeculectomy as a first-line procedure to treat glaucoma is more cost-effective than tube shunt surgery for people with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), but tube shunt surgery may be the better ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sulcus placement is more technically difficult but preserves endothelial cells. Consider factors such as eye ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Marlene R. Moster, MD, discusses four new glaucoma surgery innovations. Motivation and collaboration should lead ...

NEW ORLEANS — In patients requiring cornea transplant who have already had glaucoma surgery, Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) provides better outcomes than Descemet-stripping ...

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 ...