A practice has purchased a new piece of scanning laser equipment (GDx) that is designed to help in the early detection of glaucoma. In the past, the practice always billed for a visual field and ...

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of permanent blindness in the world, affecting more than two million Americans, and more than one hundred million people worldwide. It is a disease of the optic ...

A review of selective laser trabeculoplasty in glaucoma management, and when it is appropriate to consider as a treatment option. Neil Minkoff, MD: As we move into different types of therapy, laser ...

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 ...

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The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of using MicroPulse laser trabeculoplasty (MLT), first developed by IRIDEX (Mountain View, California), in the treatment of open-angle ...

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 ...

Glaucoma is a group of conditions that affect the functioning of the optic nerve, the nerve bundle that connects the eye to the brain. The most common form of glaucoma involves increased pressure ...

A laser could end the inconvenience of eye drops for glaucoma. Guy Staniforth, 62, a project engineer from Greenwich in South-East London, tells ADRIAN MONTI about having the op. THE PATIENT Eye ...

California-based medical technology startup ViaLase has announced that its ViaLase Laser device for glaucoma treatment has received CE mark approval. The approval moves the platform towards ...

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 ...