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http://www.nucleusinc.com/medical-animation Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can damage the eye's optic nerve and result in vision loss and blindness. This 3D medical animation depicts the anatomy and physiology of the eye and demonstrates the different surgical techniques commonly used to treat glaucoma. The optic nerve connects the retina to the brain. The retina is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. A healthy optic nerve is necessary for good vision. In the front of the eye is a space called the anterior chamber. A clear fluid flows continuously in and out of the chamber and nourishes nearby tissues. The fluid leaves the chamber at the open angle where the cornea and iris meet. When the fluid reaches the angle, it flows through a spongy meshwork, like a drain, and leaves the eye. Sometimes, when the fluid reaches the angle, it passes too slowly through the meshwork drain. As the fluid builds up, the pressure inside the eye rises to a level that may damage the optic nerve. When the optic nerve is damaged from increased pressure, open-angle glaucoma--and vision loss--may result. The three common treatments for glaucoma are Laser Trabeculoplasty, Cyclophotocoagulation and Trabeculectomy. ANH00002

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  • Beautiful 3D animation on surgical procedures done to treat glaucoma.

  • this is very informative and educational it helped me to study nursing content: Glaucoma-pathology-treatment-p­re op education-pots op care and instruction. thank!!!

    it is better to see 1 time rather then read 100 times....

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  • is it possible to treat the patient of glaucoma who is in last stage ?or is there any treatment which can completely finish glaucoma diseases? please reply me if any one know about this nucleusanimation plz reply me as soon as possible i m in last stage of glaucoma .......

  • just smoke weed

  • El Glaucoma y las Cataratas se curan con gotas, la cirugía ahora es obsoleta.

  • Yo descubrí la manera de remover los depósitos proteicos que obstruyen el drenaje trabecular, sin necesidad de quirófano, con lo cual la creación de fistulas y la colocación de válvulas quedan como algo obsoleto

  • Gud vdo

  • sorry we have Glaucoma

  • my mother have Retinitis Pigmentosa (since 1993), she is blind now.

    and we (children) have small sports?

    pray for us

    what we can do?

    can you help us

    because we can not afford.

    from Pakistan

  • OSAMA bin Laden is DEAD AS OF MAY 2nd,2011

  • Burning or cutting holes in the trabecular meshwork?

    Does that not completely negate the reason there was a filter there in the first place?!

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