Excimer laser trabeculostomy (ELT) is a procedure to create holes in the
trabecular meshwork
The trabecular meshwork is an area of tissue in the eye located around the base of the cornea, near the ciliary body, and is responsible for draining the aqueous humor from the eye via the anterior chamber (the chamber on the front of the ...
to reduce
intraocular pressure
Intraocular pressure (IOP) is the fluid pressure inside the eye
Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response fu ...
. It uses a
XeCl 308 nm
excimer laser
An excimer laser, sometimes more correctly called an exciplex laser, is a form of ultraviolet laser which is commonly used in the production of microelectronic devices, semiconductor based integrated circuits or "chips", eye surgery, and micr ...
. It is considered a
minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries, and was described in 1987 by Dr. Michael Berlin.
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