Videos of Professor Philip Bloom

Minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery: What are the advantages?

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Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, or MIGS, has various advantages due to its minimally-invasive nature. It causes very little inflammation, visual recovery is very quick and requirements for post-operative observation are lessened. Find out more about MIGS and what's involved in this comprehensive video interview with London-based consultant ophthalmologist Professor Philip Bloom. 00:00 What is glaucoma? What are the symptoms? 00:49 What treatments are available for glaucoma? 01:38 What advantages does MIGS have over other treatments? 02:33 What does the MIGS procedure entail? 03:31 Does MIGS have a high success rate? 04:16 What is the recovery period after MIGS like?