Glaucoma Treatment

Glaucoma is an eye disease that is typically associated with pressure in the eye that results in damage to the optic nerve and ultimately vision loss. Glaucoma is usually a disease in which patients have no real symptoms until its late stages. In reality glaucoma is a group of optic nerve diseases.

Laser and surgical procedures can help drain fluid from the eye or decrease the amount of fluid produced.

• Endoscopic Cyclophotocoagulation (ECP) allows the laser surgeon to view the ciliary body through an endoscopic camera and apply the laser energy to treat the ciliary body so it reduces or stops the production of fluid.
• Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) is a method of laser eye surgery that allows the laser surgeon to only obliterate very specific target cells in the trabecular meshwork, increasing the ability of the meshwork to drain the aqueous fluid and thus reducing pressure.
• Laser Peripheral Iridotomy allows the surgeon to make a small opening in the iris so that the fluid in the eye can drain.
• Trabeculectomy is a method of surgery where a small section of the trabecular meshwork (eye fluid drains out of the eye through this spongy tissue located near the cornea) is removed. This allows the aqueous to drain more easily.