7.Glaucoma Treatments: Laser Surgery
Your doctor may suggest a procedure called laser trabeculoplasty to treat open-angle glaucoma. They’ll numb your eye and then use a laser beam to make small holes in the drainage channel to help fluid flow out. Usually doctors treat one eye at a time. Laser surgery can lower pressure in your eyes, but the effects may not be permanent. Some people need more than one surgery to get long-term results.
8.Glaucoma Treatments: Surgery
If medicine and laser surgery don’t lower your eye pressure enough, your doctor might recommend a procedure called trabeculectomy. They create a flap in the white part of your eye to let more fluid drain out. About half of people who have this surgery don’t need glaucoma medicine anymore. But sometimes the opening closes again and you’ll need a second surgery.
