Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, affecting about 70 million people. It is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LTC (Ret) Herbert P. Fechter, MD, said at Kiawah Eye 2009 that a recent survey of American Glaucoma Society ...

(HealthDay)—For patients with refractory glaucoma with failed initial tube shunt, both endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (ECP) and implantation of a second glaucoma drainage device (GDD-2) are ...

In May, Lafdi got a big financial boost for his research, winning a $3 million Ohio Third Frontier grant (pdf) for the university’s Hybrid Fabrics for Multifunctional Composites project, according to ...

A team of Purdue University engineers have invented a drainage device that will help patients with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. Glaucoma affects about 3 million Americans and is treated ...

This pilot study, the first of its type, was conducted to determine the clinical outcome of a sequential glaucoma drainage implant (GDI) inserted in piggyback manner, that is into the bleb of a ...

Avoidance of hypotony in the early post-operative phase following glaucoma drainage device surgery is paramount, if serious complications are to be avoided. Current strategies of preventing early ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have invented a new smart drainage device to help patients with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world, as they try to save their ...

J Glaucoma. 2016;25(4):E340-E345. Lastly, because our facility is a tertiary referral center, there is a significant amount of loss of follow-up over time. After the postoperative course is stabilized ...

The Ahmed ClearPath (New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, California), a valveless glaucoma drainage device, arrived on the market in late 2019. In ordinary times, ophthalmologists would have used the ...