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Ocular negative pressure therapy being explored as treatment for open-angle glaucoma
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Ocular negative pressure therapy being explored as treatment for open-angle glaucoma

An FDA advisory panel recently gave a green light to Balance Ophthalmics Inc to continue studies of their Fsyx Ocular Pressure Adjusting Pump (Fsyx OPAP) as a potential treatment for open-angle gla...
Cataracts vs Glaucoma: What’s the Difference?
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Cataracts vs Glaucoma: What’s the Difference?

Unless you’re in the eye field, it’s easy to confuse the terms cataracts and glaucoma. And yesterday, I completed another dozen surgeries, some for cataracts, others for glaucoma. So what’s the dif...
Dissolving eye implant for glaucoma approved by FDA
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Dissolving eye implant for glaucoma approved by FDA

The United States FDA has just approved a dissolvable eye implant that is smaller than a grain of sand as a new therapy for glaucoma.