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We offer an extensive ophthalmic surgical network of brands with offices throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey. Our centers provide innovative surgical solutions partnered with ophthalmology practices to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients. OOMC is pleased to provide the highest level of expertise in the ophthalmic treatment space.
First get through glaucoma, then get back to life.
When you have glaucoma, the optic nerve that carries electrical signals from your eye affects your peripheral vision and potentially causes gradual blindness. It’s often hereditary or experienced by patients over 65 or of African descent, but can also develop from a past eye injury, high eye pressure or a thin cornea.
When we treat glaucoma, we reduce the pressure inside your eye. It’s often controlled with eye drops or oral medications, and sometimes through minimally invasive surgery. We work with each patient to evaluate understand your challenges and propose the best plan for treatment.
There are many different types of glaucoma but the two main types of glaucoma are open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma.
With primary open-angle glaucoma, fluid doesn’t flow out of your eye properly, causing pressure, discomfort and potential disruption in sight. Primary open-angle glaucoma is the most common form of glaucoma.
Closed-angle glaucoma often leaves patients experiencing sudden eye pain, blurred vision, bright halos, eye redness, and tenderness.
Treatment for glaucoma may vary, so we’ll work together to determine what’s best, and better manage your glaucoma.
We’re committed to making the latest technology available to you when you visit Ludwick.
We often combine glaucoma treatment with cataract surgery, saving you time, and sometimes money, in the long run.
You’ll always feel like family here, and your family will always be comfortable here in our waiting room while you go through your procedure.
When treating your glaucoma, there are options available. The right treatment plan will be customized based on the results of your consultation and these treatment options.
We’re experts in this mildly invasive outpatient surgery, where we implant a stent in the eye that drains fluid, reduces eye pressure and helps prevent future vision loss. Designed to reduce the need for topical medication and traditional surgery, this cutting-edge stent works for those primary open-glaucoma patients who haven’t benefited from surgery in the past. Our Glaucoma Specialist, Dr. Scott Piette, has been recognized as one of the leading surgeons in the country who focuses on XEN Gel Stent surgery.
A new, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery where we use a canal-shaped device to lower pressure in the eye for those experiencing mild to moderate glaucoma.
If your glaucoma progresses, we sometimes recommend a trabeculectomy. This incisional surgical procedure allows the eye to drain fluid, lowers eye pressure and stops further progression of glaucoma in the affected eye.
While this outpatient procedure is similar to a trabeculoplasty, the implantable stent often results in minimal scarring and faster recovery times.
We remove the cataract and replace it with a tiny stent designed to improve your eye’s outflow and reduce lower eye pressure. This 20 minute procedure is mildly invasive and often paired with cataract surgery, so shorter recovery time and better results.
If prior glaucoma surgery has been unsuccessful, we often recommend outpatient tube shunt surgery. By inserting a small implant, we can reduce eye pressure and prevent additional vision loss.
This laser procedure provides patients with a non-invasive approach when traditional surgery isn’t an option. Our innovative laser technology is applied only to the outside of the eye, and used to lower eye pressure within the structure of the eye and lower pressure to the eye overall.
This laser procedure allows patients to be treated for their glaucoma during cataract surgery. We use a small camera along with the laser to lower eye pressure, ultimately reducing or eliminating the need for an eye drop regimen moving forward.
This outpatient laser procedure creates an alternate pathway where fluid can flow inside the eye and decreases risk for elevated eye pressure and angle closure glaucoma.
This outpatient procedure uses a laser to safely reduce eye pressure in combination with drops or instead of medication. The laser drains your eye tissue, reducing pressure and allowing better passage of fluid through the eye in the future.
If you’d like to learn more about the different types of glaucoma and their treatment options, visit the glaucoma treatment page on our parent website.
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