trabeculectomy

Patients should be aware of the possible harms of the procedure, called trabeculectomy, which involves draining fluid from the eye, they said.

FOXNews.com 2011

Patients should be aware of the possible harms of the procedure, called trabeculectomy, which involves draining fluid from the eye, they said.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

"This surgical procedure provides incremental surgeon and patient benefits over trabeculectomy, which is currently considered the standard of care in glaucoma surgical therapy."

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Based on current data, he would recommend laser surgery to patients looking for a safer option, and trabeculectomy to patients at serious risk for blindness if their eye pressure isn't lowered significantly.

A Less-Invasive Glaucoma Procedure 2008

Additional trials are now beginning that will compare canaloplasty to trabeculectomy and to medical therapy alone.

A Less-Invasive Glaucoma Procedure 2008

Moreover, he is concerned that scar tissue left from canaloplasty could make a subsequent trabeculectomy less effective.

A Less-Invasive Glaucoma Procedure 2008

In recent years, a number of safer but less-effective alternatives to trabeculectomy have been developed, including laser surgery and trabectome, a minimally invasive surgery that uses an electric probe to remove a portion of the meshwork.

A Less-Invasive Glaucoma Procedure 2008

The traditional surgery is trabeculectomy, in which a portion of the trabecular meshwork is removed, helping to reduce the bottleneck causing elevated eye pressure.

A Less-Invasive Glaucoma Procedure 2008

"Additional studies need to be done," he adds, including trials that compare it directly to other procedures such as trabeculectomy.

A Less-Invasive Glaucoma Procedure 2008

Dr. Lewis says that the location of the canaloplasty incision, off to one side of the eye, leaves plenty of room for a trabeculectomy later.

A Less-Invasive Glaucoma Procedure 2008