METHOD FOR TREATING GLAUCOMA

摘要

A method of treating glaucoma or other eye disease in a patient is provided. The method includes injecting an eye of the patient with a cohesive monophasic gel containing cross-linked hyaluronic acid or its salt. The injection can be under the scleral flap and/or conjunctiva of the eye, thereby creating and maintaining a conjunctival bleb, and/or the injection can be in the supra-scleral and/or supra-choroidal (sub-scleral) space of the eye thereby reducing the intraocular pressure.

主权项

1. A method of treating glaucoma or other eye disease in a patient, comprising:
during eye surgery, injecting an eye of the patient with a cohesive monophasic gel comprising a cross-linked hyaluronic acid or its salt, the injection being under a scleral flap and/or conjunctiva of the eye, thereby creating and maintaining a conjunctival bleb, and/or in a supra-scleral space of the eye thereby reducing the intraocular pressure, wherein the concentration of the hyaluronic acid in the gel is in a range of 0.1% to 20% by weight.