In this interview from AAO 2018, Dr. Davinder Grover discusses strategies for minimizing the risk of blood reflux and hyphema with angle surgery.

Researchers have unveiled a new glaucoma drainage device that uses magnetic technology to remove the microbial sludge that accumulates over time, eliminating the need for surgery to remove or clean the tube.

Investigators assessed whether iStent implantation during cataract surgery was associated with a greater reduction in ocular antihypertensive medication usage compared with cataract surgery alone.

In this study, researchers assessed the reporting of complications in glaucoma surgical trials and developed a classification system for complication severity.

In this video, Dr. Davinder Grover discusses canalizing the canal, with an overview of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy.

Dr. Mildred Olivier discusses a case of a 58-year-old white man who presented to his primary ophthalmologist with intermittent blurred vision and increased pressure. Visual fields and posterior pole evaluation along with the pallor were not consistent with the clinical picture.

Weekly case challenge

The FDA has approved the use of the Hydrus microstent in conjunction with cataract surgery to reduce IOP in patients with mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma.

This lecture from AGS 2018 reviews laser and surgical goniosynechialysis in the management of patients with narrow angles.