Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve, which transmits the images you see from the eye to the brain. The optic nerve is made up of many nerve fibers (like ...

Measuring the Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) or Pachymetry, has become a standard ancillary test in the complete eye examination for patients at risk of having glaucoma. The first widespread use of ...

Medications, lasers, and incisional surgery are used to lower the intraocular pressure to treat patients with glaucoma in order to prevent progressive optic nerve damage. One technique that is ...

In addition to the function as assessed by such tests as Visual Fields, Visual Acuity, and colour vision, an important ancillary test for glaucoma patients or suspects is ...

The purpose of glaucoma drainage surgery is to help control the pressure in your eye and preserve your vision. If the intraocular pressure (IOP) remains too high, your optic nerve becomes ...

If you have glaucoma and medications and laser surgeries do not lower your eye pressure adequately, your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) may recommend a procedure called a trabeculectomy. This procedure is often ...

Because it has no noticeable symptoms, glaucoma is a difficult disease to detect without regular, complete eye exams. A visual field test, often described as a test of the side-vision, is ...