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Paracentesis of the eye for glaucoma (Photo)
This photo shows a paracentesis done at the slitlamp microscope to decrease the pressure in an eye with very high glaucomatous pressure secondary to a hyphema. In this case, a super-blade was used to create a tract into the ac. The advantage of a superblade over a needle is the control, the self-sealing wound, and ease of burping through the same site on repeat visits.
Check out our paracentesis video to see how this was done (this snapshot was taken from this videoclip).
Comments and Feedback
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the day after cateract surgery a young doctor burped my eye because the pressure was too high. I would like to know if a puncture was made and if the proceedure was necessary. I do not have glacoma.
Comment by judy vass — August 23, 2010 @ 10:51 pm
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WHAT CAN DO AND CAN NOT DO IF YOU WORKING.BECAUSE I HAVE GLUECOMA
Comment by ORLANDO DUNCAN — December 30, 2010 @ 2:27 pm
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At Judy.
I’m just an OD student, but I believe the doctor just put pressure on you eye to “burp” it. Excess fluid came out of the existing incision from the cataract surgery. Those incisions are small which are self sealing (no stitches typically) but can be temporarily forced open with enough pressure that soon after surgery.
Comment by Matt — May 10, 2011 @ 8:22 pm
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