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Worried about your surgery outcome? A new study has concluded that trabulectomy patients are still feeling good 20 years after their surgery. Trabulectomy is a surgery for advanced glaucoma sufferers, in which surgeons remove a portion of the inner eye to relieve the symptoms of many types of glaucoma. Trabulectomy creates a new drainage path [...]
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Those glaucoma patients whose condition can’t be controlled with glaucoma medication (ophthalmic eye drops such as generic latanoprost) alone may require eye surgery. Those who shudder at the words “eye” and “surgery” together in the same sentence will be pleased to learn there is a new FDA-approved, minimally invasive outpatient procedure to treat glaucoma. The [...]
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Ivantis, a developer of novel intraocular devices designed to treat glaucoma by lowering the intraocular pressure (IOP) in the eye, announced the 6-month results from its multi-center, international Hydrus I study in a recent press release. Ivantis’ Hydrus™Intracanalicular Implant, roughly the size of an eyelash, is placed through a minimally invasive, microsurgical procedure and is [...]
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Trabectome is a relatively new minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat mild to moderate open angle glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve usually caused by a build up of fluid in the eye, due to the blockage of the eye’s drainage pathways. The high intraocular eye pressure caused by the build up [...]
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