We all know how important compliance is in glaucoma medical treatment. Good compliance, however, is often challenged by the patient’s ability to regularly and correctly instill prescribed eye drops.

November 14, 2007 (New Orleans) — Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) appears to be equivalent to argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT) in terms of lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) over a 5-year ...

Eyes that switched from eye drops to SLT had a significant reduction in the average number of medications. Eyes with uncontrolled IOP benefited from SLT, but some still needed trabeculectomy.

CHICAGO -- Upfront laser trabeculoplasty significantly slowed glaucoma progression and vision loss as compared with eye drops, long-term follow-up from a large randomized trial showed. After 6 years ...

Neil Minkoff, MD: As we move into different types of therapy, laser therapy is another viable treatment option. We try to understand patients on drops vs patients with implants vs patients with laser ...

If the laser isn’t aimed properly, it can cause inflammation, macular swelling, scarring, or corneal changes, according to Dr Desai. And while the technology can be cost-prohibitive for some practices ...

BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA9)-- Glaucoma,it is often called the "sneak thief of sight". It is not curable and a leading cause of blindness. Glaucoma is caused by increased pressure in the eye. The symptoms ...

Background Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is commonly treated with anti-glaucoma medications. Recently, selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) has been demonstrated to lower the intraocular pressure ...

More than 70 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma. Treatment options have traditionally included eye drops to reduce the fluid the eye produces or surgery to unclog the eye's drainage. But a ...

Laser treatment has the potential to transform the management of glaucoma in Africa, and to prevent more people from going irreversibly blind, particularly in regions with high disease prevalence and ...