At first glance, the treatment of glaucoma seems
simple: reduce the IOP. Since the introduction
of evidence-based medicine to glaucoma, several
prospective, randomized trials have shown
that lowering the IOP effectively decreases the progressi…
CASE PRESENTATIONA 37-year-old white man with a 3-year history of gradually
worsening blurry vision was referred to the
Glaucoma Service at the Medical College of Georgia in
Augusta by an outside ophthalmologist after i…
In September 1983, the chairman of the Department
of Ophthalmology at Emory University School of
Medicine in Atlanta, Dwight Cavanagh, MD, performed
a corneal transplant on the
wrong eye of a patient (Sargus
Houston), eventually leaving him b…
High-frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy
(UBM) is a noninvasive diagnostic tool for in
vivo imaging of the anterior segment.1 In
ultrasonic imaging, a transducer emits a short
acoustic pulse that generates echoes as it propagates
through vario…
Introduction by Tony Realini, MD, MPH, section editorThis issue of Glaucoma Today features a new regular column, the “Clinician Scientist’s Corner.” The glaucoma community
is rich with physicians who are…
Physicians appear to be embracing
mobile technology at a
faster rate than the general population,
and ophthalmologists
are no exception. Two out of every three
physicians utilizes a personal digital
assistant or smartphone, and it is estimat…