Glaucoma is among the leading cause of permanent vision loss in most regions of the world. Damage to the optic nerve fibers resulting from glaucoma causes optic nerve cupping, which results in loss of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robert Ritch, MD, one of the nation’s leading glaucoma specialists, was perhaps one of the first to recognize ...

A 32-year-old female was referred to the clinic for confirmation of glaucoma vs. physiologic cupping through electrodiagnostic testing. A previous diagnosis of glaucoma was made 4 years prior and ...

Glaucoma refers to a group of optic neuropathies that cause progressive damage to retinal ganglion cells. This damage leads to cupping of the optic nerve and ultimate visual loss. Glaucoma is a ...

Glaucoma is an acquired loss of retinal ganglion cells and axons within the optic nerves that leads to optic neuropathy and results in a very characteristic appearance of the optic nerve head, also ...

To evaluate whether a difference in central corneal thickness (CCT) between the paired eyes could be associated to worse glaucoma in the thinner cornea eye. From 16 different glaucoma centres, at ...

The study was a retrospective chart review of patients with advanced glaucoma who underwent Phaco/ECP between November 2005 and May 2012 at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH). For sample size ...

Childhood Glaucoma: Due to the lack of symptoms and the fact that once eyesight is lost, it cannot be recovered, glaucoma is often known as the "silent thief of sight." It can affect newborns and ...

Due to the lack of symptoms and the fact that once eyesight is lost, it cannot be recovered, glaucoma is often known as the “silent thief of sight.” It is one of the main factors causing permanent ...

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. Only cataracts, which are reversible surgically, are a greater cause of blindness. Diabetic retinopathy, a disease of the nerve in ...