What percentage of patients glaucoma can the new laser help?
In the patients we have treated with the laser at the Florida Eye Center in St. Petersburg, almost 100 percent have responded. A single laser dose has helped the patients reduce their drops by 60 percent. We just researched the last 1,000 cases, and almost 900 of them have thrown away all or part of their drops. It is going to revolutionize treatment for glaucoma. It is ideal for anybody who has glaucoma, wants to get rid of their drops, or cannot tolerate their drops because of the side effects. It is ideal for anybody over age 40 with glaucoma, diabetes, high blood pressure, and who is African-American or Hispanic-American — they go blind more then anybody else.
