cataract

Question 1

main surgical treatments of glaucoma

Answer 1

iridomtomy
trabeculoplasty
trabeculctomy

Question 2

iridotomy

Answer 2

primary angle closure, and in secondary angle closure with pupillary block, maybe for pigment dispersion syndrome.
Laser hole is made under topical anaesthetic and pupil constricited with pilocarpine, done avoiding crystalline lens, done so aqueous can flow out of the hole made

Question 2

trabeculoplasty

Answer 2

laser at trabecular meshwork with aim of increasing aqueous outflow and decreasing pressure. Done for Priamary and secondary OAG, OHT, pseudoexfoliative

Question 3

trabeculectomy

Answer 3

filtering surgey, opening central into a/c from underneath a partial thickness scleral flap to allow aqueous flow out of the eye - closed and open angle and primary and secondary