How MIGS Can Help Control Glaucoma With a Faster Recovery
Posted by: Heaton Eye Associates in Glaucoma
Hearing that you need glaucoma surgery tends to raise a practical worry about how long you’ll be out of commission. For many years, the honest answer involved weeks of restricted activity and frequent checkups. Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, or MIGS, has shortened that timeline considerably for patients with mild to moderate disease. Most people are…
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What Is Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery?
Posted by: Heaton Eye Associates in Blog,Glaucoma
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, usually shortened to MIGS, is a group of procedures that lower eye pressure through incisions so small they often measure less than a millimeter. Using microscopic devices and instruments, a surgeon improves the eye’s natural fluid drainage while disturbing far less tissue than traditional glaucoma operations. For most patients, that means…
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