Glaucoma

See You may Benefit from a Canaloplasty Procedure

Not all glaucoma patients are eligible for canaloplasty. Click on the button to the right to complete a simple online evaluation form to see if the patient may benefit from canaloplasty. Dr. Mellgren will review your responses and let you know if you may qualify as a possible candidate for this exciting new glaucoma procedure.

Dr. Mellgren among first in California to offer Canaloplasty to her glaucoma patients

Motivated by results obtained in multi center clinical studies in the US and Europe, Dr. Mellgren become one of the first ophthalmologists in Southern California to master the micro catheter technology necessary to perform Canaloplasty as a treatment for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Because of the training, skill and expertise necessary to master canaloplasty, she is among only a handful of surgeons in California currently specializing in the new eye care subspecialty of Interventional Ophthalmology. To learn more about Canaloplasty and view surgical video of the procedure Click Here. To hear from patients around the country who have already undergone Canaloplasty sharing their personal stories about their results Click Here.

To see if you may be a candidate for this exciting new alternative glaucoma procedure, please call 1-800-738-8816 to arrange for an eye exam and personal review of your glaucoma treatment history. We are conveniently located in Oceanside to serve both San Diego and Los Angeles glaucoma patients.

This is an ultrasound image of the sclera lake created during canaloplasty which provides egress of aqueous out of the eye lowering the eye pressure. This is one year after surgery and still open. The descemet window is created during surgery which allows seeping of aqueous without creating a full thickness opening.

This ultrasound image of the eye shows the angle created from the stent sutre which pulls inward and stents open Sclemms canal.

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