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Understanding Your Path to Clearer, Healthier Vision
A glaucoma diagnosis often comes with more questions than answers. At Eye Physicians & Surgeons of Arizona, we believe informed patients make confident decisions, so we’ve built this Patient Education Center to walk you through every stage of care, from your first diagnosis to the treatment that’s right for you.
Our approach starts with the most physiologically gentle option and moves forward only when your eyes need more. Below, you’ll find plain-language guides to every treatment we offer, along with real outcomes drawn from our own patients, so you know what to expect before you ever sit in the chair.
Questions about anything you read here? Your care team is always your best resource. Call us at (623) 878-3939 or request an appointment.
Start Here: Your Treatment Roadmap
The R’s Framework — How We Treat Glaucoma
Every treatment decision at EPSAZ follows one guiding principle: start where nature intended, and escalate only when clinically necessary. See the full treatment ladder, 12-month outcomes, and real patient journeys.
Laser Procedures — Gentle First Steps
For many patients, an in-office laser is the first and only treatment needed to manage eye pressure. These procedures require no incisions and little to no recovery time.
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)
A gentle, in-office laser that awakens your eye’s natural drainage system — no incisions, no implants. Learn more about SLT →
Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI)
A quick, preventive laser procedure that creates a safety valve in the iris to help guard against sudden pressure spikes. Learn more about LPI →
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)
When laser treatment isn’t enough on its own, MIGS offers the next step — smaller incisions, faster recovery, and options tailored to exactly how your eye drains fluid.
ABiC (iTrack) Canaloplasty
Restores your eye’s natural 360° drainage pathway without leaving anything behind. Our most frequently performed MIGS procedure. Learn more about ABiC →
iStent Trabecular Bypass
A microscopic stent placed during cataract surgery that improves drainage right at the source, often in the same visit. Learn more about iStent →
GATT / KDB Goniotomy
Removes diseased drainage tissue directly when restoring your eye’s natural pathway alone isn’t enough. Learn more about GATT/KDB →
AlloFlo Tissue Conduit
Uses donated tissue to create a new internal drainage pathway, with no external bleb to manage. Learn more about AlloFlo →
Filtration & Tube Procedures — Advanced Control
For more complex or advanced glaucoma, these procedures create new, closely monitored drainage pathways to achieve the lowest, most durable pressure control.
XEN Gel Stent
A soft gelatin stent that creates controlled external drainage — our safest filtration option. Learn more about XEN →
Trabeculectomy
The gold-standard surgery for severe glaucoma, offering the lowest sustained pressures over time. Learn more about Trabeculectomy →
Tube Shunt Surgery
Our most aggressive pressure-reducing option, reserved for severe, complex, or previously treated cases. Learn more about Tube Shunt →
Reduction of Fluid Production Procedures — Controlling Aqueous Production
Three energy-based approaches that reduce fluid production. Used combined with cataract surgery or standalone for refractory disease. Learn more about MCPC / GCPC / ECP
“The more our patients understand about their glaucoma, the more confident they feel in the decisions we make together.”
— Dr. Patel
Your glaucoma care team
Even the most complex cases receive coordinated, individualized care. Every physician on your team collaborates closely, so whoever you see knows your case inside and out.
Patient education, answered
Common questions about choosing and understanding your treatment.