July consultation #9

This patient has a left eye with severe glaucoma and cataract and a right eye with moderate glaucoma and cataract. The IOP readings are borderline at best, and our patient is using three topical medications. Fixation in the left eye is threatened, and the CDVA in the left eye might be limited by glaucoma damage. Therefore, preventing an IOP spike might be critical to this patient ’s outcome. Although the precise value is not given, the left eye would appear to have at least 15 dB of field loss. As in my initial recommendation,1 I would address the left eye first because its condition is more time sensitive.
Source: Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Consultation Section: Glaucoma Source Type: research