Glaucoma Fast Facts: Treating Glaucoma with Dr. Mark Werner

Glaucoma Fast Facts featuring Dr. Mark Werner. In this Glaucoma Fast Facts video, Mark Werner, MD (Delray Eye Associates) discusses the various treatment options for different types of glaucoma. Learn more about glaucoma and glaucoma treatment options on the Glaucoma Research Foundation website, www.glaucoma.org.
0:49 Glaucoma treatment options
1:13 Glaucoma medications
1:50 How to put in eye drops
2:42 SLT laser treatment
3:26 Glaucoma surgery - MIGS
4:10 Traditional glaucoma surgery - trabeculectomy
4:43 Glaucoma surgery - tube shunts
5:17 Glaucoma surgery - recovery
5:49 Slow release medication implants
6:25 Treatment of angle-closure glaucoma
6:49 Laser iridotomy
7:32 Laser iridoplasty
7:52 Special considerations
8:22 Unapproved alternative treatments
9:19 Lowering eye pressure