Articles

• Trying Something New

  By Gillian McDermott, Editor-in-Chief

• Flat Anterior Chamber Following Phacotrabeculectomy

  By Jonathan G. Crowston, MD, PhD; Franklin Li, MD; and Robert N. Weinreb, MD

• Using Bioengineered Collagen Matrix During Trabeculectomy

  Biodegradable polymer implants show promise for improving the function of filtering blebs.

  By Robert Ritch, MD

• The Demise of Trabeculectomy (or Not!)

  By Richard A. Lewis, MD, Chief Medical Editor

• The Evolution of the Canaloplasty

  One company took a cue from cardiology to develop new interventional treatments for the eye.

  By Julia T. Lewandowski, Senior Associate Editor

• Preventing Complications in Patients With PXF Syndrome

  Tips for overcoming the intraoperative and postoperative challenges associated with this rare condition.

  By Alan S. Crandall, MD

• Trabeculectomy or a Tube After Previous Surgery?

  The TVT Study highlighted the pros and cons of each approach and indicates that glaucoma drainage implants may deserve more consideration in these eyes.

  By Leon W. Herndon, MD

• Releasable Sutures

  How these techniques transform trabeculectomy’s safety and predictability.

  By Murray A. Johnstone, MD

• Achieving the Perfect Postoperative Conjunctiva

  Tips for safe closure and tissue modulation in trabeculectomy.

  By Peng T. Khaw, PhD, FRCS, FRCOphth, FRCP, FRCPath, FIBiol, FMedSci, and Usman Sarodia, FRCOphth

• Bleb Needling

  Restoring filtration in this manner can spare patients and physicians another trip to the OR.

  By Larissa Camejo, MD, and Robert J. Noecker, MD, MBA

• Glaucoma Surgery: Today and Tomorrow

  Glaucoma Today held a roundtable discussion on glaucoma surgery at the 2006 AAO Annual Meeting. Participants shared their views on the procedures, technologies, and problems of today, and they looked forward to the possibilities of the future.

• New Procedures in and Around Schlemm’s Canal

  These techniques are among the most promising in the quest for “blebless” glaucoma surgery.

  By Thomas W. Samuelson, MD

• Combined Procedures

  The simultaneous management of cataract and glaucoma.

  By Bradford J. Shingleton, MD