New research found that more than 70 percent of patients receiving an initial glaucoma evaluation in the United States do not have record of gonioscopy. In this retrospective, case-control study, researchers assessed patterns in gonioscopy during initial glaucoma evaluations in the United States. Subjects with a diagnosis of glaucoma suspect, anatomical narrow angle (ANA) or primary/secondary glaucoma were included. Among the 198,995 patients (56 percent female, 44 percent male) in this analysis, 20.4 percent had a recorded gonioscopy on the day of diagnosis and 29.5 percent within six months. There was no gender difference noted in gonioscopy rates. Read More