A retrospective study used a US national database to assess the relationship between blood pressure and the development of incident open-angle glaucoma.

Recommendations distilled from the PPPs for the diagnosis and management of primary open-angle glaucoma, primary open-angle glaucoma suspect, and primary angle-closure disease

A scarred, encapsulated bleb known as a "ring of steel" in a glaucoma patient is removed and covered with amniotic membrane, Tenon membrane advancement, and the conjunctiva.

This week in the news, the FDA approves its first small-aperture IOL, Black patients have worse glaucoma visual field loss, and AI may be able to mimic the retina.

This week in the news, patients with dry eye disease gain no benefit from fish oil supplements, hypertension and diabetes predict early glaucoma onset, and the FDA approves the ALLY Adaptive Cataract Treatment System for femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery.

In this study, all patients with primary open-angle glaucoma had microvasculature loss (defects) to some degree, with disc hemorrhage contributing to an increased risk of wedge defects.

This week in the news, erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs can have serious ocular effects, a new trial is assessing diabetic macular edema (DME) in underserved populations, and more retinal vein occlusions are seen after COVID-19 diagnosis.

This week in the news, the FDA rules that ophthalmic dispensers packaged with drugs are now devices, revised UK glaucoma guidelines recommend first-line SLT for ocular hypertension, and visual impairment and psychologic distress are linked in older adults.

Medicare claims data were used to evaluate risk factors for glaucoma progression and surgical burden in patients with presumed mild disease. Continued monitoring is needed in some patient groups who had prior successful laser trabeculoplasty.