The FDA has approved the following aqueous shunt devices: Ahmed glaucoma valve implant(New world Medical Inc.), Molteno implant (Molteno Ophthalmic Ltd.), Baerveldt glaucoma implant (Abbott ...

The TVT study convincingly demonstrated the equivalence of the Baerveldt 350 shunt to trabeculectomy in patients who had undergone prior surgery for cataracts or glaucoma. The data for other ...

You may have heard the term “glaucoma” before, but what is it really, and how do you know if you have it? Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the optic nerve is damaged over time due to elevated ...

This can be done by creating a passage for drainage or by implanting a shunt to help drain the fluid. There are also several types of surgery using a laser that are used to treat glaucoma.

A tube shunt is also the preferred surgical procedure for certain subtypes of glaucoma, such as neovascular glaucoma. Other options include iDose TR (travoprost). The iDose TR is a surgical ...

Introduction Corneal ECD loss may occur due to intraoperative surgical trauma in glaucoma surgery or postoperatively with chronic endothelial cell trauma or irritation. Corneal oedema and ...

Open-angle glaucoma is a common eye condition that can ... A systematic review and meta-analysis found that both Ex-PRESS and Ahmed tube shunt implantation had similar IOP outcomes and success ...

Aims: This study describes a prospective consecutive case series of the initial six eyes of five patients undergoing implantation of the trabecular bypass tube shunt. Methods: A prospective ...

The following is a summary of “Structural reversal of disc cupping measured in Bruch’s membrane opening-based OCT morphometry after PRESERFLO microshunt implantation for open-angle glaucoma,” ...