Treating Glaucoma with Lasers(以雷射治疗青光眼).doc

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1、TreatingGlaucomawithLasersCertaintypesofglaucomaeyediseaseorsituationsofglaucomamaybetreatedwithlasersBothourlasersystems,the532nmlaserandtheNdYAGlaserareusedinprovidingtreatmenttolowertheintra-ocularpressure・Twoofthelasertreatmentsaredescribedbelow・LaserIridotomyLensangleopent

2、otrabecularmeshworkDSomepatientshaveanarrowdrainagesystem,whichputsthematriskforangleclosureglaucoma.Laseriridotomyisanin-officeprocedurethatreducestheriskofangleclosureglaucoma・Twotypesoflasersareusedinconjunctiontocreateanopening,the532nmlaserisfirsttothinouttheiristissue,the

3、nthendYAG1064nmlaserisusedtopenetrateasmallopeningintheiris.BothoftheselasersarelocatedatACSEyeSpecialistsCentre.Theopeningiscreatedintheupperpartoftheiris,coveredbytheeyelid,sothatitisinconspicuous・ArgonlasertrabeculoplastyLaserTrabeculoplastyLaserBeamContactLensLasertrabeculo

4、plastyusesalasertoopenupthedrainageangleoftheeye.Itisusedintreatingpatientswithopenangleglaucomathatcontinuestogetworseinspiteofmedication.Italsoisusedforolderadultswhoareunabletocomplywithmedication.SelectiveLaserTrabeculoplastySelectiveLaserTrabeculoplasty(SLT)isthenewestform

5、oflasertreatmenttomanageopenangleglaucoma・SLTisasimpleandquicklaserout-patientproceduredoneintheclinic.ThendYAGlaserisusedtostimulatecellsinthetrabecularmeshworktoincreasethedrainageoftheaqueoushumor.Thisresultsinreducingtheintra-ocularpressurewhichwillhelpcontroltheglaucoma・