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Glaucoma clinical

Improved tools allow better care

01 January 2010

Progress in glaucoma followed a slow, steady course in 2009, according to specialists

Glaucoma management with endoscopic cycloPhotocoagulatio

01 January 2010

The Endoscopic CycloPhotocoagulation (ECP) technique provides an option for surgical glaucoma management, addressing ciliary aqueous production without the deeply destructive effects of classic ablative procedures. Dr Liegner explains

Pen-like tonometer desgined to be patient-friendly

01 December 2009

A proprietary tonometer has been found to be compatible with the Goldmann tonometer in several clinical trials.

SFI allows integration of structural, functional data

01 December 2009

New model produces results comparable with current glaucoma assessment methods

Preservative-free formulations of interest to doctors

01 November 2009

Participants in a survey showed low awareness that this option was available for patients with glaucoma.

Hyperaemia is a common cause for changing medication

01 November 2009

Hyperaemia is one of the main reasons why patients with glaucoma do not comply with or persist with their topical therapeutic regimen.

Glaucoma and dry eye data from Germany

01 October 2009

A review of more than 20,000 glaucoma patients in Germany has discovered that 52.6% have a concomitant diagnosis of dry eye with women more likely to have both diseases than men.

ECP safely lowers IOP before cataract surgery

01 October 2009

Dr Randolph Evans argues that endocyclophotocoagulation (ECP) is a simple, safe and effective procedure for achieving IOP lowering in patients with medically controlled glaucoma who also require cataract surgery

Gene-directed therapy in glaucoma may have future clinical applications

01 September 2009

Application of genetic knowledge holds huge potential for the future and some believe that it has potential to become larger than the pharmaceutical market. Here Dr Alward examines what it has offered for the understanding and future treatment of glaucoma. Until recently, breakthroughs in glaucoma genetics emerged from painstaking family research, with the discovery of LOXL1 being the exception.

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