How can one learn to perform a trabeculectomy? : The Mainz treatment scheme].

Trabeculectomy represents the glaucoma surgical procedure that achieves the greatest reduction in intraocular pressure and enables a low pressure regulation especially in normal pressure glaucoma. For the beginner the operation is challenging due to potential intraoperative and postoperative difficulties. With this in mind this article explains how to learn to perform a trabeculectomy and explains the various steps from assessing the indications via training, performing the surgery independently and follow-up care. The article points out the challenges during the procedure and the possible solutions and explains the individual aftercare using the Mainz treatment scheme as an example. In this way, the risk of serious complications can be reduced to a minimum and in the vast majority of patients a sufficient regulation of intraocular pressure can be achieved without the need for eye drops.© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.

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Alexander K Schuster, Michael Uhrig, Norbert Pfeiffer, Esther M Hoffmann. How can one learn to perform a trabeculectomy? : The Mainz treatment scheme]. Die Ophthalmologie. 2022 Aug 29

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