TAKING INTERVENTION GLOBAL
Global Interventional Glaucoma Day
Welcome to GIG Day, a global celebration of the interventional glaucoma movement. Join your peers. Redefine how we act on glaucoma. Move first. Intervene early. Protect vision. Spread the word.
- 80M+1
- People living with glaucoma worldwide
- 13.5%2
- Of patients treated with drop therapy progressed to blindness in at least one eye
- >90%4
- Of glaucoma patients are non-compliant with glaucoma drop therapy
- ~50%4
- Of glaucoma patients purposely discontinue drop therapy within 6 months
THE PHILOSOPHY
Treat glaucoma earlier. Not later.
Interventional glaucoma is a mindset shift. Stop watching and waiting. Go beyond drops-first. Use proactive, minimally invasive options that could protect vision sooner and alleviate the lifelong drop burden.
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Timing
Move intervention earlier in the patient journey
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Action
Choose action over observation
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Convergence
Build one clear language across the specialty
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Prioritization
Put the patient’s vision first
GIG DAY 2026
ESCRS 2026 in London
September 12. The movement comes together. One flagship symposium, peer-led sessions, and interactive ways to engage with the movement—all where interventional glaucoma takes center stage.
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Do You Know Your IG?
Challenge your interventional glaucoma knowledge with this quick 5 minute quiz.
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