Iridotomy is done: Now what?
Is an angle closure glaucoma suspect off the hook once the laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) is performed? Not quite.
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August 1, 2016
Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to glaucoma. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
Optic disc hemorrhage at the outer rim of the optic disc at 12:00 consistent with glaucomatous process
Source: Donald Budenz, MD
Optic disc hemorrhage: Don’t miss the signal
Optic disc hemorrhage is a common clinical feature of glaucoma, indicating active disease with likely progression and visual field loss. Detection necessitates the utmost vigilance in patients diagnosed with glaucoma and in those who are glaucoma suspects.
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July 1, 2016
Normal tension glaucoma: Who gets it and who goes blind?
Over the past 2 decades, numerous epidemiologic studies have revealed that normal tension glaucoma (NTG) represents a much higher proportion of all open-angle glaucoma than previously thought. These studies have also demonstrated significant regional variation in the prevalence of NTG. This was the focus of one of the glaucoma sessions at the 2016 World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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March 1, 2016
Krukenberg’s spindle, showing pigment dispersion in a typical pattern on the corneal endothelium
Source: Robert J. Noecker, MD
Pearls for care in pigmentary glaucoma
Pigmentary glaucoma, though a less common glaucoma subtype, is still something specialists need to learn to look for, knowing the more common patient demographics, management options, and more.
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May 1, 2015
Managing dry eye in glaucoma, retinal patients
Glaucoma and retinal specialists share how they manage dry eye with other ocular comorbidities.
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April 1, 2013
Does generic latanoprost measure up to branded Xalatan?
Two glaucoma experts review what defines a generic and how to evaluate generics in glaucoma patients.
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December 1, 2011
Predicting pressure spikes after cataract surgery
One relatively common postop complication of cataract surgery is an acute rise in IOP within the first day or so after surgery. Experts discuss consequences of IOP spikes, risk factors, and more.
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March 1, 2011
Medication interactions between diabetes and the eye
Researchers present data on a pair of controversial drug-disease interactions. One group investigated whether topical corticosteroid eye drops could significantly alter blood glucose levels in people with diabetes, while a second group explored the effects of insulin therapy on IOP.
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February 1, 2010
The water-drinking test in glaucoma
The water-drinking test was proposed decades ago as a way to diagnose glaucoma. Following a baseline IOP measurement, the subject quickly consumes one liter of water and undergoes subsequent IOP measurements every 15 minutes for 1 hour. A glaucomatous eye with impaired outflow would be less able than a normal eye to adapt to the fluid influx and thus should manifest an IOP rise.
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January 1, 2010
Example of visual field
Source: Anand Sudhalkar M.D.
The visual field index
A new parameter to estimate the rate of visual field loss over time
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September 1, 2009