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Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery Combined
PhacoCanaloplasty™,
Latest Technology to Treat Your
Cataracts & Glaucoma
PhacoCanaloplasty™
PhacoCanaloplasty™ is the latest technology to treat your cataracts and glaucoma. The first part of the procedure is the cataract surgery. This helps give you sharper vision. The second part is the Canaloplasty procedure.
PhacoCanaloplasty™: An effective and safe combined cataract and glaucoma procedure
- Proven to reduce IOP pressure by 42%
- Shown to decrease dependence on medications
- Offers low rate of postop care and complications
- Canaloplasty alone has resulted in 34% IOP reduction, and when combined with cataract surgery in a PhacoCanaloplasty™ procedure, the IOP reduction increases to 42%. [1]
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Why Canaloplasty?
STUDIO CITY (KCAL9) — Dr. Richardson visited the KCAL9 studios to talk about Glaucoma and a new surgery he is offering to patients. The FDA recently approved a procedure called “Canaloplasty,” which is a sight-saving, breakthrough surgery for those who suffer from the disease.
Canaloplasty is a safe, advanced minimally invasive glaucoma treatment that uses a breakthrough microcatheter technology to restore the function of the eye’s natural outflow system. It is a “non-penetrating” glaucoma surgery which means it does not require creation of a hole in the eye (fistula) nor does it result in a “bleb” as required with trabeculectomy.
Canaloplasty provides an improved safety profile with few intraoperative and postoperative complications compared to traditional or more invasive glaucoma surgery, such as trabeculectomy.
Restorative
Not destructive. Traditional glaucoma surgeries such as trabeculectomy involve punching a hole in the eye causing permanent, lifetime damage to the eye. Canaloplasty, however, works to restore the eye’s natural drainage canal with minimal scarring.
Active Lifestyle
Unlike trabeculectomy, Canaloplasty does not limit your ability to stay active. Since Canaloplasty does not involve the formation of a bleb (ie. blister), you are free to continue to enjoy activities such as water sports!
Less Expensive
The cost of Canaloplasty can easily pay for itself over time simply by saving you $1,000s per year in the cost of glaucoma drops that may no longer be needed after this surgery.
Safe & Effective
Studies show that Canaloplasty is safer than traditional glaucoma surgery, and just as effective! Canaloplasty patients experience fewer side effects and complications compared to those who had trabeculectomy.
Canaloplasty Has Helped Many Glaucoma Patients
These are just a few testimonials out of over 60,000 canaloplasty procedures done worldwide!
Canaloplasty Surgery on Both Eyes
Canaloplasty versus Trabeculectomy
Canaloplasty After Trabeculectomy
Who Is a Candidate For PhacoCanaloplasty™?
Those patients where trabeculectomy is expected to fail
- Failed trabeculectomy in other eye
- Bleb related complication in other eye
- Significant ocular surface disease unresponsive to medical treatment
- Ocular pemphagoid or Keloid former
Those patients whose jobs and/or lifestyle cannot tolerate the post operative period of incapacity which often occurs following trabeculectomy
Those patients who have a potential threat for additional irreversible loss of vision
- High myopia
- Advanced previous glaucoma damage
- Ocular hypotony in other eye due to trabeculectomy
- Immunosuppression or Anti-coagulation
- Diabetic mellitus with early retinopathy or diabetic macular edema
FREE eBOOK! Canaloplasty Surgery FAQ
Answers to Patients’ Most Frequently Asked Questions about Glaucoma Surgery and Canaloplasty (an advanced minimimally invasive glaucoma treatment).
What Top Glaucoma Surgeons Are Saying
Canaloplasty Is Preferred by Some of the World’s
Most Respected Eye Surgeons
Canaloplasty is a new surgical technique for the treatment of glaucoma. This method is now already in use at many University Eye Hospital and private clinics. The process is gentle to the patient – through the improvement and restoration of the natural drainage system in the eye to reduce intraocular pressure. As a result, the dangerous pressure peaks in the eye can be prevented and patients need less or no glaucoma eyedrops anymore to regulate intraocular pressure. Compared to conventional glaucoma surgery, there is potentially lower risk, reduced scarring and future treatment alternatives are not ruled out
Canaloplasty is a desirable option for glaucoma patients because it decreases the number of necessary post-operative visits and there are fewer complications to treat. As an added bonus, patients save thousands of dollars in the cost of medications because canaloplasty reduces the amount of medication patients need in order to control the IOP. The ultimate result? A happier patient who can go back to enjoying life without restrictions.
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See If PhacoCanaloplasty™ Is for You
David D. Richardson, MD, is a board-certified Ophthalmologist specializing in the treatment of cataract and glaucoma. He is also recognized as one of the most highly skilled cataract and glaucoma surgeons in the US and is among an elite group of glaucoma surgeons in the country performing the highly specialized, minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), canaloplasty.
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