Glaucoma Information

Glaucoma

Pacific Eyecare offers complete diagnostic, medical and surgical care for glaucoma patients. This specialty treats the condition of increased fluid pressure within the eye. If untreated, abnormally high eye pressure can damage the optic nerve leading to permanent loss of vision.

Diagnostic equipment includes:

Tonometry - measures fluid pressure within the eye.
Computer-assisted visual field testing - checks for vision loss.
Stereo optic nerve head photography - verifies the condition of the optic nerve.
Heidelberg Retinal Tomography (HRT) - graphic view and analysis of the optic nerve.

Medical and surgical care includes:

Laser trabeculoplasty - stretching open the drainage channels in the eye to relieve pressure.
Laser iridotomy - tiny hole made in the iris to relieve pressure.
Trabeculectomy filtering surgery - surgical opening within the eye to relieve pressure.
Implant surgery of tubes, valves and shunts - inserted into permanent openings in the eye to relieve pressure.
Cyclodestructive treatments - procedures to slow the fluid production of the eye.

For more information

This glaucoma info site is sponsored by the American Glaucoma
Foundation: http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/

Doctors

Martha Motuz Leen, M.D.