The trabeculum is a piece of the eye. A trabeculectomy is the removal of this piece from the eye. Glaucoma patients sometimes have to get this procedure done.
The purpose is to lower intraocular pressure in the treatment of glaucoma.
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Infection and bleeding are risks of any surgery. Scarring can cause the drainage to stop. A third of patients with trabeculectomies will develop cataracts.
It is used only after medications and laser trabeculoplasty (less invasive procedure that uses a laser to open the blocked trabeculum) have failed to alleviate the pressure.
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removing a tiny piece of the eye-ball where the cornea connects to the sclera, to create a flap that allows fluid to escape the anterior chamber without deflating the eye.
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The School Of Alternatives was created in 2002.
Competitive Alternatives was created in 1996.
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