Dr. David Richardson, one of the country's leading ophthalmologists, discusses iStent Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery. Part 6 of 12 of "What's New In Glaucoma Surgery", a Continuing Education course for Optometrists presented on May 20, 2015.

=====================
----------------------

About Dr. Richardson:

David Richardson, M.D. is widely recognized as one of the top #cataract and #glaucoma surgeons in the US and is among an elite group of glaucoma surgeons in the country performing the highly specialized canaloplasty procedure. Many patients have traveled from around the world to have #canaloplasty by Dr. Richardson. Moreover, Dr. Richardson is one of only a few surgeons in the greater Los Angeles area that performs Micropulse® Cyclophotocoagulation (MP3) glaucoma laser surgery. Dr. Richardson graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Southern #California and earned his Medical Degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the LAC+USC Medical Center/ Doheny Institute.

To learn more about Dr. David Richardson, please visit [ Ссылка ].

----------------------

We Listen. You'll See!℠

David D. Richardson, M.D.
Patient-Focused Ophthalmologist

San Marino Eye
2020 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
Phone: (626) 289-7856
Email: david@new-glaucoma-treatments.com


Patient-Focused Websites:
New-Glaucoma-Treatments.com
About-Eyes.com
=====================

TRANSCRIPTION:
The latest buzz, the latest FDA-approved glaucoma procedure is the iStent. And a lot of people have been really excited about the iStent; and in Canada, Dr. Ike Ahmed - who is an outstanding surgeon, has been a big proponent of the iStent. And for him, I think, it works pretty well and I'll tell you why it may work better for him in Canada than it would for us here in the US.

What happens with the iStent...this is actually Dr. Ike Ahmed's procedure. This is Gonioscopic surgery. So, that's a Gonioprism. And this little device is the iStent. It's a little snorkel-like device and that there is the trabecular meshwork. What we're seeing here is trabecular meshwork and he's taking the iStent and his pushing it in through the trabecular meshwork work and there it goes right into the canal -Schlemm's canal. Once it's in Schlemm's canal, he's going to release it and you see a little blood reflux out and that's because...remember that the canal is connected to the collector channels which is connected into the Venus system, so when you actually open up the system you can get some reflux of blood that reflux of blood is a good thing that shows you that you've actually gotten into the system and the system is patent.

свернуть