Glacuoma Treatment

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <meta name="keywords" content= "glaucoma, treatment AHAF, cyclophotocoagulaton incisional surgery goniotomy laser peripheral iridotomy scatter panretinal photocoagulation slt selective laser trabeculoplasty trabeculectomy trabeculoplasty trabeculotomy American Health Assistance Foundation"> <meta name="Description" content="Treatment for glaucoma"> <div align="center"> <p><font size="5"><b><font size="7">National Glaucoma Research</font></b></font> </p> <center> </center> <center> <h2 align="center"><b>Treatment</b></h2> </center> <p align="left"><b>Information on:</b> <div align="left"> <ul> <li><a name=Cyto></a><b>Cyclophotocoagulaton</b> - a laser beam is used to freeze certain parts of the ciliary body (the part of the eye that produces eye fluid), in an effort to decrease eye pressure. More advanced cases of the disease may be treated with this technique. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b><a name=Surgery></a>Incisional surger</b>y - a new opening created for fluid to drain through is usually performed after other treatment options have failed. This is usually performed in a hospital, with local anesthesia and possibly sedation. A very tiny piece of the sclera (the tough outer coat that protects the entire eyeball) is removed, allowing for fluid to drain through it, resulting in a decrease in eye pressure. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b><a name=Goniotomy></a>Goniotomy</b> - a tiny blade is inserted through the cornea, which then cuts the trabecular meshwork (eye fluid drains out of the eye through this spongy tissue located near the cornea), allowing the eye fluid to flow out of the eye in a normal fashion. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><a name=Iridotomy></a><b>Laser peripheral iridotomy</b> - a small opening is made in the iris (the colored ring of tissue behind the cornea that regulates the amount of light entering the eye by adjusting the size of the pupil) so that the fluid in the eye can drain. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b><a name=Scatter></a>Scatter panretinal photocoagulation</b> - a laser procedure that destroys abnormal blood vessels in the retina. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong><a name=SLT></a>SLT (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty) - </strong>a low energy laser procedure that potentially can be repeated without causing tissue damage. It can have an impact on specific cells in the trabecular meshwork (the mesh-like canals that help drain fluid from the eye) without causing collateral tissue damage. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b><a name=Trabeculectomy></a>Trabeculectomy</b> - 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 humor to drain more easiy. A small channel is made through the white part of the eye under your upper eyelid. This channel will allow the fluid made naturally in the eye to drain away more easily. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><a name=Trabeculoplasty></a><b>Trabeculoplasty</b> - a high-energy beam of light (laser) is aimed at a lens and reflected onto the trabecular meshwork (eye fluid drains out of the eye through this spongy tissue located near the cornea). The laser makes burns in the trabecular meshwork and stretches the drainage holes that are found there. This helps fluid drain more easily out of the eye and helps brings eye pressure back into a normal range. </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b><a name=Trabeculotomy></a>Trabeculotomy</b> - An incision is made in the outer portion of the eye. A tiny probe is inserted into the canal that drains fluid from the eye and then twisted, so that it breaks through the trabecular meshwork (eye fluid drains out of the eye through this spongy tissue located near the cornea). This allows the eye fluid pressure to remain in a more normal range. </li> </ul> </div> <p align="left"></p> </div> <p align="center"> <font size="5">Your browser cannot view frames, so please visit our <a href="../../text_index/text_glaucoma/text_g_risk.htm">no-frames </a> section for more information on glaucoma treatment. The no-frames section is also designed to be accessible for person's with disabilities.</font> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.ahaf.org" target="_top"><font size="3">Home Page</font></a> <font size=2> | </font><a href="http://www.ahaf.org/glaucoma/about/glabout.htm" target="_top">About Glaucoma</a> </body>