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What is Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery?

21 January 2020 The Meadows

For over 40 years the standard surgical treatment for glaucoma was a procedure called a trabeculectomy. In a trabeculectomy the ophthalmic surgeon would make a hole in the wall of eye to allow fluid from the inside of the eye to flow out of...

10 Fun and Fascinating Eye Facts

15 January 2020 The Meadows

1. Vision is so important to humans that almost half of your brain’s capacity is dedicated to visual perception. 2. The most active muscles in your body are the muscles that move your eyes. 3. The surface tissue of your cornea (the...

Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

08 January 2020 The Meadows

There are several different variations of Glaucoma, but in this article we will mainly focus on Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. This means that there is no specific underlying cause for the Glaucoma like inflammation, trauma, or a severe cataract....

Happy 2020!

01 January 2020 The Meadows

Yay--It’s 2020! Maybe it’s not official, but we declare this to be the year of vision care. Yes, all of us in the eye care community have been hyperventilating, waiting for this year forever! We even heard of at least one optometrist who...

Time For Some Holiday Eye Care Jokes

25 December 2019 The Meadows

In light of the holiday season, here are our top 10 eye care jokes. 1) What do you call a blind deer? No Eye Deer! 2) What do you call a blind deer with no legs? Still No Eye Deer! 3) Why do eye doctors live long lives? Because they...