If you
are a having cataract surgery and are also being treated for glaucoma, there is
a specialized glaucoma treatment option using micro-stents that might be
helpful for you. Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) utilizes tiny stents to
help control the eye pressure or intraocular pressure. Most patients with
glaucoma are treated with eye drops to lower their pressure, have laser
treatments for glaucoma ad if necessary have surgery for glaucoma treatment.
The problem with eye drops for glaucoma is that patients often just don’t use
their eye drops as carefully and frequently as they are supposed to. In fact,
patient compliance with glaucoma eye drops may be as low as 50% after the first
year of glaucoma treatment and thus additional treatment options such as laser
treatment for glaucoma of MIGS might be a better way for some patients to keep
their eye pressure under control.
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If you or someone you know is
having cataract surgery and is also being treated for glaucoma you may wish to
learn about micro-invasive glaucoma stents as an option at Alabama Eye &
Cataract Center in Birmingham by calling 205-930-0930, visiting Alabama
Eye & Cataract Center or www.facebook.com/michelsonlaservision.
Michelson Laser Vision and Alabama Eye & Cataract
Center are leading eye care centers in Birmingham located at UAB-Highlands,
1201 11th Avenue S, Suite 501, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
