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trabeculotomy
Indications:
- glaucoma in children
- infantile glaucoma, congenital glaucoma
* trabeculotomy is a surgery for children only
* trabeculotomy or goniotomy preferred over trabeculectomy in children
- less invasive, less likely to cause cataracts, more effective in lowering intraocular pressure
Procedure:
- surgical procedure much like trabeculectomy
- apiece of tissue in the eye's drainage angle is removed to create an opening
- new opening allows aqueous humor to drain out of the eye
Related
trabeculectomy
General
eye surgery; opthalmologic surgery; ocular surgery
References
- Trabeculotomy for Congenital Glaucoma
CS Mott's Children's Hospital, Michigan Medicine
https://www.mottchildren.org/health-library/hw241689