8 The role of trabeculectomy has changed dramatically over the past decade since the introduction of the prostaglandin analogues. Before 1996, the main indications for trabeculectomy in the United ...

The annual rate of trabeculectomy has remained stable in England over the past 5 years. It actually decreased from 10.6 episodes in 2004/5 to 10.2 in 2008/9, thereafter increased slightly to 11.0 ...

WAILEA, Hawaii — New options have enriched the field of glaucoma, but trabeculectomy should continue to be part of the training and practice of glaucoma surgeons because no novel procedure can ...

The gold standard of surgical management of patients with open-angle glaucoma is trabeculectomy with an adjunctive antifibrotic agent. Although bleb-forming surgeries reduce intraocular pressure ...

Trabeculectomy is one of the earliest glaucoma ... Dr Singh concluded, “In the recent past, more forms of glaucoma surgeries have come into practice. These include minimally invasive surgeries ...

Trabeculectomy is a major treatment option for surgical management of glaucoma. However, long-term surgical outcomes are difficult to predict, even in experienced hands. Successful filtration ...

A trabeculectomy is a medical procedure that can relieve pressure in the eyes, which is associated with glaucoma. It involves making a small hole in the eye that allows excess fluid to drain ...

And in eyes with prior glaucoma surgery, such as an eye with a prior trabeculectomy, there can be challenges with fluidic balance. In addition, we must protect the functioning bleb to ensure ...

This damages the optic nerve, which connects the eye to the brain, and can lead to permanent sight loss. In this procedure, a small flap is cut in the white of the eye (a trabeculectomy) and sewn up ...

Treatment usually involves eye drops containing different drugs that either reduce aqueous humour production or increase its drainage. Surgical procedures such as trabeculectomy, drainage tubes, deep ...