Patient information

According to the World Health Organisation, glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. In Singapore, it accounts for 40% of blindness.
It is an eye disease which results in damage to the optic nerve, the delicate nerve that carries visual impulses from the eye to the brain.

Where can I get help?

Am I going to go blind?

Do I need to change my lifestyle?

Am I allowed to drive?

How is glaucoma treated?

Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common type of glaucoma.
The angle is that part of the eye between the cornea (the clear surface at the front of the eye) and the iris (the coloured circle inside the eye).

Trabeculectomy
Tube Surgery
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
Goniosynechiolysis
Glaucoma surgery care and advice

Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI)
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)
Transcleral cyclophotocoagulation (TCP)
Micropulse Transcleral cyclophotocoagulation (MPTCP)

Humphrey Visual Field (HVF)
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Others

What do these eyedrops do?
What are the side effect of eyedrops?
How do I use my eyedrops?

Ophthalmology is a medical speciality in which innovative research plays an important part. Singapore produces world class research in the field of Ophthalmology and we are consistently ranked amongst the highest worldwide in terms of research quality and output.

There are a number of support groups that are available for patients with glaucoma and/or low vision.