What Happens During Glaucoma Surgery?
The purpose of glaucoma surgery is to increase fluid drainage from the eye. Creating a way for the fluid to escape allows your eye pressure to decrease. There are 2 types of glaucoma surgery – laser and conventional. In laser treatment surgery, your surgeon will hold a special lens to your eye and aim a high-energy beam of light at the lens. This lens helps reflect the light onto the meshwork inside your eye. The laser makes 50 to 100 evenly spaced burns that stretch the drainage holes in the meshwork and allow fluid to escape. This procedure is very effective at lowering pressure, but often the effects wear off over time. In fact, after 2 years, a second surgery is needed in more than half the patients who receive laser treatment. Lourdes Ophthalmology Surgery / Laser Treatment Center has been designed with you in mind. Lasers for use in eye treatments are conveniently located in a comfortable hospital setting. Every possible effort will be made to make your stay at Lourdes as comfort
