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  2. Glaucoma surgery - Wikipedia

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    Glaucoma is a group of diseases affecting the optic nerve that results in vision loss and is frequently characterized by raised intraocular pressure (IOP). There are many glaucoma surgeries, and variations or combinations of those surgeries, that facilitate the escape of excess aqueous humor from the eye to lower intraocular pressure, and a few that lower IOP by decreasing the production of ...

  3. Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery - Wikipedia

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    Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders in which there is a chronic and progressive damage of the optic nerve. [4] Increased intraocular pressure (IOP) is the main and only modifiable risk factor, attributed to the progression of the disease.

  4. Trabeculectomy - Wikipedia

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    Trabeculectomy is a surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye's trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures. It is the most common glaucoma surgery performed and allows drainage of aqueous humor from within the eye to underneath the conjunctiva where it is absorbed.

  5. Glaucoma valve - Wikipedia

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    The first glaucoma drainage implant was developed in 1966. [2] Following on the success of the Molteno implant, several varieties of device have been developed from the original, the Baerveldt tube shunt, or the valved implants, such as the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant and the later generation pressure ridge Molteno implants.

  6. Glaucoma - Wikipedia

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    Conventional surgery to treat glaucoma makes a new opening in the trabecular meshwork, which helps fluid to leave the eye and lowers intraocular pressure. Main article: Glaucoma surgery Both laser and conventional surgeries are performed to treat glaucoma.

  7. Anterior chamber paracentesis - Wikipedia

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    Anterior chamber paracentesis (ACP) is a surgical procedure done to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) of the eye. The procedure is used in management of glaucoma and uveitis . It is also used for clinical diagnosis of infectious uveitis.