What kinds of surgeries are available?
Although laser is referred as to as surgery in some eye institutes and clinics, at Jones Eye Institute surgery means a procedure that is done in operating room with the use of several cutting and sewing instruments. In narrow angle glaucoma, a laser is used to open a hole in the eye. A laser is used in open-angle glaucoma to improve the function of small drainage channels. When these procedures are not effective, creating a small hole inside the eye –called trabeculectomy or inserting a tube inside the eye – called glaucoma drainage devices are the most commonly used surgical procedures. Other different types of lasers and surgeries are available for certain conditions. Glaucoma surgery is evolving rapidly in search of finding the most effective and safest technique.
