Tratamiento del Glaucoma en el Clínic

Glaucoma has a high prevalence in our setting and affects approximately 2% of the population over the age of 40. Clinical management of patients with glaucoma includes performing complementary tests to confirm the diagnosis and, in more complex cases, surgical intervention.

Currently, outpatient clinics carry out an average of 500 visits per month. Regarding specific complementary tests, between 2,000 and 2,500 visual field tests (perimetries) are performed annually, along with approximately 350 surgeries.

Hospital Clínic Barcelona stands out for the following procedures:

• Filtering surgery in patients with refractory glaucoma: deep non-penetrating sclerectomy and trabeculectomy.
• Complex surgery in patients with multiple prior procedures: implantation of drainage devices.
• Management of end-stage glaucoma: cyclophotocoagulation.
• Medical and surgical treatment of angle-closure glaucoma.
• Microincisional surgery (MIGS).
• Minimally invasive bleb-forming surgery (MIBS).
• Selective laser trabeculoplasty.
• Reconstruction of filtering blebs.
• Genetic evaluation of syndromic cases.
• Early diagnosis using imaging techniques.