Procedures & Treatments
SLT Laser Correction

Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)

This procedure is used as a part of the treatment of Open Angle Glaucoma. In this form of Glaucoma, the anterior chamber angle, which is the point of contact where the iris and the cornea meet, appears in it’s normal position. Located just inside the angle is a drainage duct called the trabecular meshwork, through which a fluid called aqueous humor exits the eye. The intraocular pressure rises as resistance to aqueous drainage occurs in the outflow channels between the trabecular meshwork and the blood vessels of the body’s circulation.

The doctors lowers intraocular pressure by applying laser treatment to trabecular meshwork through a gonioprism lens and stimulating the cells in the trabecular meshwork in order to improve the outflow of intraocular fluid.