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The current IGR Glaucoma Dialogue brings you the article - Review of hygiene and disinfection recommendations for outpatient glaucoma care: A COVID era update.
This review focuses on best practices and recommendations for hygiene and disinfection to limit exposure and transmission of infection in outpatient glaucoma clinics during the current COVID- 19 pandemic.
See it here: ow.ly/2wy350Bsqyd
Stay updated on all glaucoma related events, available on the WGA event calendar. In the upcoming week, we look forward to the latest updates from the Advances in Glaucoma Research and Clinical Science 2020 Online, ESCRS - Virtual Meeting and ATPO Eye CAN 2020.
View the events here: ow.ly/WybI50Bsqmz
Moving forward, it is becoming clearer that #glaucoma subjects would benefit from a clinical test to assess the robustness of their ONHs
✏️ read comment by Michael Girard in IGR 20-4
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How is eye pressure measured? What is tonometry and how is it done?
Learn more about tonometry by visiting the WGA Patient Website:
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This resource is brought to you by WGA with aims to provide unbiased information about glaucoma, using simple language in a user-friendly format, specifically for the general public, patients and their relatives.
Differing patient characteristics may have directed the surgeon toward insertion of the tube into the AC or PP, and this is a potential source of selection bias
✏️ read comment by Huda Sheheitli & Steven Gedde in IGR 20-4
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The WGA Education Committee carefully highlights presentations from WGC-2019 for your benefit.
This month Gustavo De Moraes introduces the session: ANZGS Symposium - The Gillies Lecture, and A Showcase of Glaucoma Research from Australian and New Zealand Universities.
Leading clinicians and scientists from Australian and New Zealand Universities discuss their most recent work in this symposium, with a focus on blindness prevention, neuro-protection, and risk assessment.
Watch it here: ow.ly/bzOl50Bsh09
GRS-based genetic risk estimates may aid in early disease detection, thereby allowing for timely initiation of preventive treatment and management strategies
✏️ read comment by Tin Aung & Monisha Nongpiur in IGR 20-4
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#ThrowbackThursday to the WGC-2019 Photo Exhibition: Have a look at the winning submission by Zhu Li Yap: Close recessions of the third kind.
This photo highlights the 3 clock hours of iridodialysis with associated angle recession observed after blunt injury. There are also disrupted ciliary processes seen, indicative of substantial impact. ow.ly/ifAy50Bsgr4
The LiGHT trial supports the use of a second SLT when an initial SLT is not enough to reach the target IOP or when the IOP further goes up
✏️ read comment by Florent Aptel in IGR 20-4
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