SURGICAL TREATMENT
TRABECULECTOMY
TRABECULECTOMY
The retrobulbar and facial anesthesia is given
Pupil is miosed preoperatively
Stay suture is applied to superior cornea
conjunctival peritomy is done with limbas base or fornix base flap
episcleral tissue is cauterized
mitomycin C is applied
a scleral flap is created with 50% thickness and is reflected untill clear cornea is seen
a block of scleral tissue is removed
Iridectomy is done to prevent block of fistula by iris
scleral flap is sutured back with 10/0 nylon
conjuntiva is stitched back with 10/0 nylon
Conjunctival stitch is removed after a week
balanced salt solution is injected to deepen the Anterior chamber and to check the patency of fistula