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Glaucoma: the evidence, summarized every weekday

Peer-reviewed papers in glaucoma, summarized and ranked by evidence level. Top studies from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov. Updated every weekday at 06:00 CET. Built by physicians, for physicians.

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What rounds. covers in glaucoma

  • POAG medical therapy
  • SLT & laser
  • Trabeculectomy & tube shunts
  • MIGS
  • Angle closure
  • Normal tension glaucoma

Landmark papers · glaucoma

Hand-picked by the editorial team. These are the studies that shaped current practice in glaucoma.

  1. L2 · prospective cohort

    Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus eye drops for first-line treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma (LiGHT): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Lancet (London, England) · Gazzard G. et al. · Tuesday, January 1, 2019

  2. Effectiveness of early lens extraction for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): a randomised controlled trial.

    Lancet · Azuara-Blanco A. et al. · Friday, January 1, 2016

  3. L2 · prospective cohort

    Latanoprost for open-angle glaucoma (UKGTS): a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial.

    Lancet · Garway-Heath D. et al. · Thursday, January 1, 2015

How papers reach the glaucoma brief

  1. Source. Every paper is fetched directly from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov. No paywalled aggregators. No editorial press releases.
  2. Grading. Each paper is assigned an evidence level from L1 (RCT or meta-analysis) to L5 (editorial). Bias risk is flagged separately. Both labels are visible on every card.
  3. Summarization. A 5-gate validator stack checks every summary for source faithfulness, numeric accuracy, drug-safety language, unsupported claims, and clinical-decision overreach. Anything that fails a gate is blocked, not silently weakened.
  4. Delivery. Ten papers. Twelve minutes. Every weekday at 06:00 CET. Subscribers can rate any paper as off-topic and it drops out of their feed.

The full pipeline, validators, and the founder's editorial overrides are documented on the methodology page.

Frequently asked

How do I keep up with new glaucoma research?
rounds. reads the new glaucoma literature from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov every weekday, grades each paper on the CEBM evidence hierarchy, and delivers the few that change practice as a twelve-minute morning brief. Every summary is checked claim by claim against the source paper.
What are the landmark glaucoma trials?
The studies that shaped current glaucoma practice are listed above under “Landmark papers”, each linked to a structured summary with its evidence level, effect size, and bias signals.
Is rounds. free?
The morning scan is free. Pro (€49 / year) unlocks the full ten-paper daily brief, the full read on every paper, and the 06:00 CET email, Monday to Friday.

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