Iridectomy and Cyclotherapy treatment of open angle glaucoma

Iridectomy glaucoma is a type of treatment that has been used for decades, and in this process a small piece of the iris itself is eliminated, creating a small hole that liquid water can pass through the eye. Laser iridotomy is the process by which this is done, as opposed to surgical iridectomy, which is done by hand and has the potential to increase the damage to the lens.




Argon laser or a YAG laser can be used to reduce the hole in the iris, which heats the iris, which burns a hole. It may also be bleeding in the eye that usually corrected after a few minutes. The type of glaucoma, laser treatment, a doctor who prefers more often at their discretion, but an argon laser is generally used because of the burn is much lower and therefore safer.




It is also important to note that iridotomy may not work in 5% of cases, the glaucoma, but this treatment option is the ideal choice for pupillairy block, where the aqueous humor accumulates behind the iris.




This route is blocked, pressure increases due to accumulation of fluid, possibly pushing the iris in an abnormal angle. Laer treatment of glaucoma is not necessarily a requirement, such as glaucoma, medications and drugs in general are responsible for most of these problems.




There is also a risk factor with an iridotomy is a treatment option for glaucoma, because the hole is too big or too small can be, requiring a repetition of the laser procedure. Scar tissue and can also block the hole, making the situation even worse.




Cyclotherapy pay for open angle glaucoma operated by use of a laser to destroy the ciliary body that produces the aqueous humor of the eye, which reduces its ability to create an accumulation of fluid. Glaucoma true that laser treatment is called cyclophotocoagulation. It is an option because it is very accurate and has a low incidence of inflammation and destruction.




Cyclotherapy treatment is laser eye through the pupil, after the patient received an anesthetic for eye drops, and part of the fabric will be destroyed cilliary.




Like all surgical procedures for glaucoma, there is a degree of risk, since it is the responsibility of the physician to determine the extent to which the question cilliary be removed. If the doctor is incompetent and destroyed many cilliary body, the eye does not produce enough fluid can cause long term pain and damage. If the doctor destroyed too, the eye always continue to produce too much fluid, so do not treat the symptoms of glaucoma.




The success rate for this option is also very low and almost 70%, and there is a new type of glaucoma, called endocyclophotocoagulation, when a doctor uses a small tube with a laser below the iris, which could easily destroy some three-quarters of a ciliary body tissues without damaging the need to continue producing a sufficient amount of liquid water to maintain the eye hydrated.