Glaucoma Drainage Devices
Glaucoma Drainage Devices Laura A. Vickers Nathaniel C. Sears JoAnn A. Giaconi Marlene R. Moster DESCRIPTION • Glaucoma drainage devices (GDDs) are designed to lower intraocular pressure (IOP). They are…
Trabeculectomy, the Ex-PRESS Mini Glaucoma Shunt, and the Xen Gel Stent
Trabeculectomy, the Ex-PRESS Mini Glaucoma Shunt, and the Xen Gel Stent Marlene R. Moster Augusto Azuara-Blanco TRABECULECTOMY Guarded filtration surgery, or trabeculectomy, lowers the intraocular pressure (IOP) by creating a…
Late Complications of Glaucoma Surgery
Late Complications of Glaucoma Surgery Nathan M. Radcliffe Gabriel Chong Francisco Fantes Paul F. Palmberg INTRODUCTION In most cases, glaucoma-filtering surgery is safe and effective at lowering intraocular pressure. However,…
Deep Sclerectomy Surgery for Glaucoma
Deep Sclerectomy Surgery for Glaucoma Konrad S. Palacios José I. B. Sanchis Konrad W. S. Wenyon INTRODUCTION Nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery, such as deep sclerectomy, has become more popular among surgeons…
Supraciliary Microstent Surgery
Supraciliary Microstent Surgery Steven D. Vold INTRODUCTION Microincisional glaucoma surgery is quickly becoming a popular surgical option in the management of glaucoma. Ike Ahmed coined the acronym MIGS to describe…
Schlemm Canal-Based Surgery
Schlemm Canal-Based Surgery Richard A. Lewis Jacob W. Brubaker INTRODUCTION The surgical treatment of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) at the site of outflow obstruction has long been a goal of…
Cyclodestructive Procedures for Glaucoma
Cyclodestructive Procedures for Glaucoma Marisse M. Solano Shan C. Lin Geoffrey P. Schwartz Louis W. Schwartz INTRODUCTION Intraocular pressure is the major risk factor for glaucoma that ophthalmologists are able…
Primary Acute Angle-Closure and Chronic Angle-Closure Glaucoma
Primary Acute Angle-Closure and Chronic Angle-Closure Glaucoma Christopher Kai-Shun Leung BACKGROUND Definition Angle closure is characterized by iris apposition to the trabecular meshwork. The mechanisms of this anatomic abnormality can…
Medical Management
Medical Management Malik Y. Kahook Douglas J. Rhee INTRODUCTION Medical treatment of glaucoma began in the late 1800s with the use of eserine and pilocarpine. In the United States, glaucoma…
Childhood Glaucomas (Congenital Glaucomas)
Childhood Glaucomas (Congenital Glaucomas) Oscar V. Beaujon-Balbi Oscar Beaujon-Rubin Claudia L. Pabon Douglas J. Rhee INTRODUCTION The World Glaucoma Association defines Childhood Glaucoma as a related intraocular pressure damage to…
