Importance Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Many
patients with glaucoma are asymptomatic early in the disease course. Primary care …

Importance Glaucoma is a worldwide leading cause of irreversible vision loss. Because it
may be asymptomatic until a relatively late stage, diagnosis is frequently delayed. A general …

Background Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic, progressive ocular disease
causing loss of the optic nerve rim and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) with associated …

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic, progressive optic neuropathy in adults
in which there is a characteristic acquired atrophy of the optic nerve and loss of retinal …

The glaucomas are a group of conditions leading to irreversible sight loss and characterised
by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells. Although not always elevated, intraocular …

Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy that is characterized by the progressive degeneration of
the optic nerve, leading to visual impairment. Glaucoma is the main cause of irreversible …

Background Treatments for open-angle glaucoma aim to prevent vision loss through
lowering of intraocular pressure, but to our knowledge no placebo-controlled trials have …

Purpose To report 3-year results of the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (PTVT) Study.
Design Unmasked multicenter randomized clinical trial. Participants Two hundred forty-two …

PURPOSE: To describe postoperative complications encountered in the Tube Versus
Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study during 5 years of follow-up. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized …

Glaucoma is a term describing a group of ocular disorders with multi‐factorial etiology united
by a clinically characteristic intraocular pressure‐associated optic neuropathy. It is not a …