Trabeculectomy Surgery. Then the surgeon will create a small bubble or pocket in the conjunctiva which is the clear coating over your sclera. The front part of your eye is full of fluid.
In this operation a small hole is made in the wall of the eye and a trapdoor or flap is created over this hole to allow fluid to escape the eye in a controlled fashion. Trabeculectomy is a type of surgery done in the front part of your eye. Sometimes referred to as filtration surgery a trabeculectomy is performed by an ophthalmologist in an operating room.
Trabeculectomy requires an incision in the sclera or white part of your eye to create a tiny flap.
Trabeculectomy is a surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye s trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures. This causes the intraocular pressure. Trabeculectomy is a surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye s trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures. A trabeculectomy is surgery to treat open angle glaucoma.