
Trabeculectomy: Procedure, Complications & Recovery
Aug 29, 2024 · A trabeculectomy is a glaucoma surgery that relieves pressure buildup inside your eye. It’s typically an outpatient surgery, meaning you can usually go home the same day.
Trabeculectomy - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Aug 14, 2024 · Trabeculectomy (also called “glaucoma filtration surgery”) is eye surgery that treats glaucoma. With glaucoma, fluid called aqueous humor does not drain properly from the …
Trabeculectomy - EyeWiki
Trabeculectomy is a filtering surgery where an ostium is created into the anterior chamber from underneath a partial thickness scleral flap to allow for aqueous flow out of the eye.
Trabeculectomy: Risks, Success Rate, and What to Expect
Jul 2, 2024 · A trabeculectomy is a surgical treatment for glaucoma. It aims to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) by creating a new pathway for fluid drainage.
Glaucoma Surgery Series: Trabeculectomy - BrightFocus
Jul 7, 2021 · Trabeculectomy is a surgical procedure for lowering pressure inside the eye. Learn about this procedure, potential side effects, how scarring is managed, and the factors that …
Glaucoma Surgery - National Eye Institute
Dec 5, 2024 · What is trabeculectomy? This type of surgery is usually used to treat open-angle glaucoma. It’s done in a hospital and usually takes less than an hour. The surgeon will create …
Trabeculectomy - University of Rochester Medical Center
Trabeculectomy is a possible treatment for both closed-angle and open-angle types of glaucoma. It's also a possible treatment for primary and secondary types of glaucoma.
Trabeculectomy (Filtration Surgery) for Glaucoma
Learn more about Trabeculectomy (Filtration Surgery) for Glaucoma surgery, including what to expect, how it is performed, outcomes, risks, and follow-up care.
Trabeculectomy (Filtration Surgery) for Glaucoma - Kaiser Permanente
Trabeculectomy is used to treat open-angle glaucoma and chronic closed-angle glaucoma. Trabeculectomy is usually done when medicine or laser treatment or both have failed to …
Trabeculectomy: Overview, Indications, Contraindications
Trabeculectomy involves the creation of a fistula connecting the anterior chamber and the subconjunctival space. [1] This provides an alternative method of aqueous humor filtration …