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How does surgery help glaucoma?
Surgery involves either laser treatment or making a cut in the eye to reduce the intraocular pressure. The type of surgery your doctor recommends will depend on the type and severity of your glaucoma and the general health of your eye. Surgery can help lower pressure when medication is not sufficient.
What is the best surgery for glaucoma?
Trabeculectomy, still considered the gold standard in glaucoma surgery (commonly performed today with an antimetabolite such as mitomycin-C), remains the most commonly performed glaucoma surgery, with a high success rate in most groups and glaucoma diagnoses, especially in the hands of an experienced surgeon.
What is the surgery to reduce eye pressure?
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, or SLT, is a form of laser surgery that is used to lower intraocular pressure in glaucoma. It is used when eye drop medications are not lowering the eye pressure enough or are causing significant side effects. It can also be used as initial treatment in glaucoma.
Which procedure treats glaucoma?
A laser treatment called trabeculoplasty (tra-BECK-you-low-plas-tee) is used to treat open-angle glaucoma. There are other types of laser treatment that can treat other types of glaucoma. Ask your eye doctor about all your glaucoma treatment options, including medicines, laser treatment, and surgery.
Is surgery necessary for glaucoma?
If glaucoma medicines and laser treatment haven’t helped to treat your glaucoma, your doctor may recommend surgery. Surgery can’t cure glaucoma or undo vision loss, but it can help protect your vision and stop it from getting worse.
What is an iridotomy procedure?
Laser iridotomy, also called laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI), is a method by which ophthalmologists create a microscopic hole in the iris using a laser to open the angle (or internal drainage system of the eye) in patients with narrow or closed angles.
What causes glaucoma in eyes?
Causes of glaucoma Most cases are caused by a build-up of pressure in the eye when fluid is unable to drain properly. This increase in pressure then damages the nerve that connects the eye to the brain (optic nerve).
Is iridotomy painful?
The laser peripheral iridotomy is an almost painless procedure. The patient may feel a slight stinging in the eye after the procedure, or a slight foreign body sensation which will go away soon.
Is iridotomy necessary?
Who is a candidate for laser iridotomy? It is recommended in eyes which have the angle closed for at least half the eye and have high eye pressure or glaucoma. In eyes which have a closed angle but normal eye pressure and no optic nerve damage, laser iridotomy may be recommended as a preventive treatment.
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