Trabeculotomy surgery, (Glaucoma surgery)

In the trabeculotomy ,we create a flap in the conjunctiva, and the sclera. We then identify the drainage system canal and insert an instrument to open the canal wall to help the fluid inside the eye drain better. The scleral and conjunctival flaps then will be closed with Sutures. These sutures will dissolve on their own and do not need to be removed. An eye patch and shield is placed on the eye. The patch is removed in the office the following day.
Trabeculotomy is a surgery to treat glaucoma.
Glaucoma is an eye disease that increases the pressure inside the eye.
Trabeculotomy is an outpatient surgery, so you may go home afterward, but must come back in for a follow-up visit.
The surgery is done under local or general anesthesia.

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• Trabeculotomy
• Glaucoma
• suture
• eye
• ocular
• Operation
• Surgery
• IOP
• Canaloplasty
• Schlemm canal
• trabecular
• meshwork
• angle surgery
• Goniotomy