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here are roughly 3 million glaucoma sufferers in the
United States and most have one thing in common. "They
hate the drops," says Steven Sarkisian, MD, a glaucoma
surgeon who practices in Oklahoma City, Okla. He's of
course referring to the daily grind of applying — and
remembering to apply — topical eye drops that lower intraocular
pressure (IOP).
The number of glaucoma sufferers is expected to increase as the
aging population provides a steady stream of new cases and physi-
The Rise of Interventional Glaucoma
These minimally invasive procedures are displacing daily drop regimens.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
• DUAL PURPOSE Jeffrey Soohoo, MD, completes a combined cataract and glaucoma procedure, which has the potential to
reduce intraocular pressure in 20% of cataract patients.
Jeffrey
Soohoo,
MD
