iStent is a permanent stent designed to treat glaucoma by opening the drainage canal and lowering intraocular pressure. The most recent iStent product, Infinite, allows multiple stents to be used ...
“The MIGS procedures have been handicapped by a gonioscopic image that is less than ideal, makes it challenging to place the stents and very difficult particularly for the non-glaucoma surgeon.
Glaucoma, caused by high pressure within the eye, affects some 2.5 million Americans and is the nation's second leading cause of blindness. Optometrists screen for it during routine eye exams, often ...
Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide ... which involves surgery to make a small hole in the eye wall, or have a stent inserted. In a small number of patients, these treatments ...