The challenges ophthalmologists face include
taking care of more and more patients, running
efficient and effective practices, and ensuring
adequate education of staff and patients with
regard to medical therapeutics. How can physicians be
ef…
Glaucoma in the New Millennium
Was the year 2000 among the good old
days? It is difficult for me to remember,
especially when it comes to my practice. I
had been out of fellowship for 7 years, and
my practice had become extremely busy. For me, it seems
useful to discuss se…
Choroidal Folds With Overfiltration
bCASE PRESENTATION/bbr /An 83-year-old woman with primary open-angle glaucoma
had experienced a bilateral decrease in vision during
the past couple of months (Figure 1). She underwent trabeculectomy
with mitomycin C in 2003 and cataract s…
Webcasts: New Opportunities for Glaucoma Education
With the increasing popularity of Webinars as
a means of medical education, Eyetube.net
has dedicated a channel to Webcasts and
symposia on a broad variety of surgical and
nonsurgical topics. By clicking on the “Webcasts” tab on
the home …
Glaucoma Secondary to Iris Melanoma
bCASE PRESENTATION/bbr /On presentation at our clinic, the patient’s eye was
comfortable, her visual acuity was 20/40 OD and 20/30
OS, and her IOP measured 25 mm Hg OD and 14 mm
Hg OS (with average corneal thickness) using the aforement…
The Strengths and Challenges of Glaucoma Care Today
bBY GEORGE R. REISS, MD/bbr /The best way to appreciate the strengths of
glaucoma care today is to consider the
advances made during the past 20 years.
bDIAGNOSIS/bbr /Goldmann perimetry has been completely replaced by
full-…