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SLT / TRABECULAS (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty)

Glaucoma laser treatment:

: For open angle glaucoma the laser light is directed into the chamber angle to achieve lowering of the intraocular pressure inside the eye. In the chamber angel, the light is directed to the trabecular meshwork not to change the structure of the tissue, but to target the pigment cells. Selective destruction of the pigment cells reduces the resistance to the outflow path of the intraocular fluid passing through the meshwork and leaving the eye via Schlemm’s Canal.
The second effect is that the adverse effect on the tissue components leads to a biological initiation of ligands, which are released by meshwork endothelial cells. These ligands are capable of lowering the resistance in the barrier from the trabecular meshwork to the Canal of Schlemm. This leads to a reduction in intraocular pressure.