The surgical management of glaucoma: A review

R Lim - Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After a long period of little change, glaucoma surgery has experienced a dramatic rise in the
number of possible procedures in the last two decades. Glaucoma filtering surgeries with …

Microinvasive glaucoma surgery: an evidence-based review

FA Birnbaum, C Neeson… - Seminars in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Interest in micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has exploded over the last 8
years with an increase in MIGS procedures of at least 400% in the United States, according …

[HTML][HTML] Ab-externo MicroShunt versus trabeculectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma: one-year results from a 2-year randomized, multicenter study

ND Baker, HS Barnebey, MR Moster, MC Stiles… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare the effectiveness and safety of the MicroShunt versus trabeculectomy
in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Design One-year results from a 2 …

Novel drug delivery systems fighting glaucoma: Formulation obstacles and solutions

O Rahić, A Tucak, N Omerović, M Sirbubalo, L Hindija… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glaucoma is considered to be one of the biggest health problems in the world. It is the main
cause of preventable blindness due to its asymptomatic nature in the early stages on the …

Changes in performance of glaucoma surgeries 1994 through 2017 based on claims and payment data for United States Medicare beneficiaries

MV Boland, KJ Corcoran, AY Lee - Ophthalmology Glaucoma, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate trends in glaucoma procedures in the United States Medicare
population and to evaluate which physicians are performing newer procedures. Design …

Increases in Medicare spending and use after private equity acquisition of retina practices

Y Singh, CM Aderman, Z Song, D Polsky, JM Zhu - Ophthalmology, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Private equity (PE) firms increasingly are acquiring physician practices in the
United States, particularly within procedural-based specialties such as ophthalmology …

Evaluation of machine learning algorithms for trabeculectomy outcome prediction in patients with glaucoma

HU Banna, A Zanabli, B McMillan, M Lehmann… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of machine learning algorithms to
predict trabeculectomy surgical outcomes. Preoperative systemic, demographic and ocular …

Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with minimally invasive glaucoma surgery use: an Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS®) registry retrospective …

MMG Olivier, OU Smith, CC Croteau-Chonka… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) is increasingly performed at the time
of cataract extraction. Understanding the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients …

The case for standalone micro-invasive glaucoma surgery: rethinking the role of surgery in the glaucoma treatment paradigm

N Radcliffe - Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The MIGS options for pseudophakic or precataractous patients are limited by regulatory
rules that require the performance of some procedures only at the time of cataract surgery …

Comparative cost-effectiveness of trabeculectomy versus MicroShunt in the US Medicare system

A Atik, ET Fahy, LA Rhodes, BC Samuels… - Ophthalmology, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the societal cost–utility of the MicroShunt compared with trabeculectomy
for the surgical management of glaucoma in the US Medicare system. Design Cost–utility …