Glaucoma Surgery
Glaucoma Surgery
If drops fail to control your glaucoma or if you are considering potential alternatives to using drops, there are surgical options to reduce your intraocular pressure. Surgery can facilitate the outflow of fluid (aqueous) or reduce its production. The following laser and/or micro-surgical procedures are used to treat glaucoma.
Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI): laser procedure that enables the creation of a “by-pass” opening in the iris to allow fluid to get to the drain in the eye, or the trabecular meshwork.
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasy (SLT): laser treatment applied directly to the eye drain, or trabecular meshwork, to help fluid pass more easily
Iridoplasty: laser procedure that pulls the peripheral iris away from the eye drain
Endocyclophotocoagulation (ECP): a tiny diode laser is used to directly treat the ciliary processes (fluid producing tissue), which reduces fluid production and lowers intraocular pressure
Trabeculectomy and viscocanalostomy: micro-surgical procedures that facilitate drainage by creating new pathwasys for the fluid, or aqueous, to escape from the eye
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