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Glaucoma Surgery Shifts Among Medicare Beneficiaries After 2022 Reimbursement Changes in the United States.

Despite overall surgical volume increases among the ophthalmology procedures, angle-based stenting utilization decreased significantly with an accompanying trend change following the coding and reimbursement changes implemented in January 2022.

Metabolomic Profiling of Aqueous Humor From Glaucoma Patients Identifies Metabolites With Anti-Inflammatory and Neuroprotective Potential in Mice.

Our results revealed significant metabolic alterations in POAG that affect key cellular functions. Agmatine and thiamine could be potential immunomodulatory or neuroprotective drugs to treat or prevent neuroinflammatory damage to the retina during glaucoma.