While I was refining my suturing technique
during the plastic surgery rotation of my
internship, my mentor, a successful plastic
surgeon on the island of Oahu, gave me
some advice. He noticed that I varied my suturing technique
a bit with eac…
The Ganglion Cell Complex
The measurement of the perifoveal ganglion cell
layer recently emerged as a new diagnostic
parameter in glaucoma. Various manufacturers
of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
(SD-OCT) systems have released or will soon release
softwa…
Reducing the Preservative Load in Glaucoma Therapy
Despite the many advances in our understanding
of glaucoma, the only available treatments
of the disease are aimed at lowering
IOP, and IOP-lowering medications are usually
our initial therapy. Consequently, unmet needs in glaucoma
treatment …
Sidebar: Holding on to Goldmann Tonometry
The problems of a lack of precision and accuracy with
Goldmann tonometry, still the gold standard for better or
for worse, have been discussed for decades. Although
pointing out its shortfalls and contemplating the development
of more accurate…
An Industry Perspective
Anyone reading Glaucoma Today knows that
some 3 million Americans suffer from this neurodegenerative
disease. Thanks to its size, this
market continues to attract extensive investment
in drug development, which has provided physicians
and the…
Reconsidering the Gold Standard of Tonometry
IOP is one of the key metrics used to monitor the
health of an eye, especially an eye with glaucoma.
Tonometry is the act of estimating the IOP. It is not a
measurement of eye pressure, only an estimate. An
exact measurement of IOP requires li…