Glaucoma Surgery (Trabeculectomy)

🔬How Glaucoma Surgery (Trabeculectomy) is Performed

• 1Pre-operative assessment — blood work, ECG, imaging, and fitness for local anesthesia
• 2Administration of local anesthesia by the anaesthesia team
• 3Surgical access — incisions or ports created based on open or minimally invasive approach
• 4Core procedure: A filtration surgery that creates a new drainage channel to reduce intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma unresponsive to medications, preventing further optic nerve damage.
• 5Haemostasis, drain placement if needed, and systematic closure of surgical layers
• 6Transfer to recovery room for anaesthesia reversal and vital-sign monitoring