What Are the Risks Of Canaloplasty?

Although it is true that there are fewer risks with Canaloplasty than there are with traditional glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy), it is not without risk. All surgeries (there are no exceptions) have risks associated with them. The important thing to consider when...

What If My Natural Drainage Canal Cannot Be Fully Catheterized?

To get the full benefit of Canaloplasty, it is important for your surgeon to cannulate the full 360 degrees of Schlemm’s canal, dilate the canal with viscoelastic, and stent it open with a suture. The inability to complete any one of these elements (say, from prior...

How Long Does Canaloplasty Take?

Canaloplasty is not a quick surgery (at least by eye surgery standards). In order for the surgery to work properly, your surgeon must make a flap in the sclera (the white part of the eye) and extend this all the way to a very thin and fragile membrane called...

What Does “Minimally Invasive” Really Mean?

Traditional glaucoma surgeries (trabeculectomy or shunt surgery) require the creation of a full-thicknes hole (or fistula) through the wall of the eye (sclera). This allows fluid to flow from the inside of the front of the eye (anterior chamber) through the scleral hole to a bleb (cyst, or blister-like elevation of the conjunctiva). From here the fluid somehow finds its way back into the venous system. These surgeries are called “penetrating.” Canaloplasty,

Is Canaloplasty Surgery Painful?

  Is Canaloplasty Surgery Painful? No. During surgery your eye will be anesthetized (numbed). After surgery you will be given drops to reduced inflammation and prevent pain. Generally, people do notice a “foreign body sensation” (scratchy sensation)...

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