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Dr. Louis B. Cantor

Dr. Louis B. Cantor

Louis B. Cantor, MD, is a glaucoma specialist and chair of the department of ophthalmology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1980. He completed his residency at the Indiana University department of ophthalmology and a glaucoma fellowship at the Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia).

Is it true that as women get older, their night vision deteriorates?
 
My 61 year old husband is almost blind from diabetes related glaucoma. Are there any surgical treatments available to return his vision?
 
If glaucoma is treated properly with medication and regular eye doctor visits can you avoid blindness? Also my doctor has recommended I have an iridotomy to help lower the pressure.
 
Is an iridectomy the only way to prevent closed-angle glaucoma? Are there less invasive ways to achieve the same result?
 
What is the difference between hereditary glaucoma and glaucoma in elders? I have family members that were born with glaucoma and their children have developed glaucoma as well.

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