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).