trabeculoplasty

surgery

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treatment of glaucoma

  • A diagram of the structure of the human eye, showing the anterior and posterior chambers, which contain the aqueous humour, and the macula lutea, close to which lies the optic disk, or blind spot.
    In aqueous humour

    …fluid from the eye include trabeculoplasty, a type of laser surgery that increases the permeability of the trabecular meshwork, and trabeculectomy (also called filtering microsurgery). Trabeculectomy diverts aqueous humour from the anterior chamber inside the eye to the space under the conjunctiva (the transparent skin that covers the white area,…

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