www.augenklinik-stralsund.de/en/operations/glaucoma-surgery
Glaucoma surgery
Augenklinik Stralsund, Praxis Dr. med. M. Fechner
D-18435 Stralsund
Große Parower Straße 47
Klinikum am Sund
3rd Floor
Contact
Tel: +49 3831 380002
Fax: +49 3831 380003
If, because of too high an intraocular pressure, a damage to the visual nerve has occurred (glaucoma), there are two fundamental alternative methods to lower the intraocular pressure:
| - | by improving the intraocular circulation of eyewater and its drainage out of the eye either by a fenestration of the iris (iridectomy) alone or in conjunction with the construction of an overflow-valve into the wall of the eye (trabeculectomy). |
| - | by ablation of the ciliary body and thus reduction of the eyewater-production by either laser beams (cyclophotocoagulation) or freezing (cyclocryocoagulation). |
The choice of the surgical procedure depends on the respective findings and any accompanying diseases of the eye.
| Most modern techniques in the service of the visual sense |