Glaucoma Surgery Devices Market Demand, Sales and Consumption Status and Growth Opportunities
The global glaucoma surgery devices market is expected to witness extensive growth in the coming years because of increasing prevalence of glaucoma and incidence of associated surgeries. The subsequent rise in glaucoma surgical procedures can be majorly attributed to increasing geriatric population across the world, which bears a higher risk of the disease due to the weak optic nerve as a result of aging. According to the National Eye Institute statistics (2010), glaucoma affects more than 2.7 million people aged 40 years and above, ever year, in the U.S. Glaucoma surgery devices include various laser- and non-laser-based implants and other devices used for reducing the intraocular pressure in the eye by draining extra accumulated eye fluid. The glaucoma devices market is bifurcated into open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma, on the basis of treatment, of which the open-angle glaucoma treatment category is expected to account for the larger share in the glaucoma su...