A surgical operation to treat glaucoma by cutting a channel through trabeculae to link with Schlemm’s canal.
An operation to facilitate drainage of fluid (aqueous humor) from the front of the eye. Trabeculectomy is used to treat glaucoma, a disease in which rising pressure inside the eyeball impairs vision. After the person has been given a local anesthetic, the eye surgeon removes a small portion of the blocked drainage system (trabecular meshwork) to allow better flow of the aqueous humor out of the eye, reducing internal pressure. The procedure is safe, and those who undergo it often subsequently need less medication or no medication at all for glaucoma treatment. Trabeculectomy increases the risk of cataracts, and in some cases a second surgery is needed later to reopen the drain.
A surgical treatment for glaucoma in which part of the trabecular meshwork is removed to relieve pressure in the anterior chamber of the eye. The opening is made in the sclera (the “white of the eye”) under the eyelid. Fluid from the anterior chamber drains in front of the eye instead of being drained through the canal of Schlemm and is absorbed by the conjunctiva.
Trabeculectomy is a surgical technique employed to manage glaucoma, a condition characterized by elevated pressure within the eyeball. This procedure facilitates the drainage of fluid accumulated in the front chamber of the eye, allowing it to flow out beneath the conjunctiva.