My Preference in Glaucoma Surgery
RC Stegmann · Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 02
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Zusammenfassung
Canaloplasty utilizes normal structures in the eye to re-establish physiologically normal intra ocular pressure. The trabecular meshwork, canal of Schlemm and collector channels are involved in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. One, two or three of these structures may be involved and it has become obvious that the more structures involved, the more serious the disease. Surgery of glaucoma can be made safer and more predictable by re-establishing outflow pathways where the trabecular meshwork, canal of Schlemm and the collector channels are returned to normal function. Techniques of diagnosis, surgery and the result…