CHICAGO — Mitigating overtreatment in glaucoma requires a willingness to wait to treat patients, which can be cultivated by embracing the uncertainty of common glaucoma measurements, according to a speaker here.
“We overtreat because we’re worried about what is going to happen to patients,” Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, MHS, PhD, of Wilmer Eye Institute, said during the American Glaucoma Society Subspecialty Day Lecture at Glaucoma Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting. “And we also overtreat because we think that things are happening which