Newmedica ophthalmologist Richard Stead provided HSOC delegates with an overview of contemporary treatment options ...

This CPD article considers minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and minimally invasive bleb surgery (MIBS) innovations as effective treatment options for intraocular pressure (IOP) management ...

The following is a summary of “Discriminatory power of trabeculectomy bleb internal reflectivity and morphology in surgical success using anterior segment optical coherence tomography,” published in ...

While the Xen 45 gel stent implant showed beneficial long-term outcomes for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma, a substantial proportion of patients needed follow-up operations or bleb needling, ...

To compare the bleb morphologies of phacoemulsification combined with Ex-PRESS implantation (Phaco-ExPRESS), phaco trabeculectomy (Phaco-Trab), and trabeculectomy (Trab) in postoperative two years.

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Glaucoma drainage device implants often result in double-layered blebs. Double-layered blebs are a common finding with glaucoma drainage device (GDD) implants, according to a study published in Acta ...

Trabeculectomy. Close-up of suturing the eye of a patient after a trabeculectomy, an operation to reduce pressure in the eye caused by glaucoma. The eye is held open by a metal retractor and a needle ...

Trabeculectomy is an eye operation aimed at reducing intraocular pressure in people with glaucoma. A bleb usually forms at the site of operation, indicating aqueous drainage from the eyes.

Bleb infections and leaks are vision-threatening complications that require rapid and aggressive treatment, according to Sunita Radhakrishnan, MD. "You have to remind patients about this, because they ...