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Trabectome: safe outpatient treatment for Glaucoma

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The Trabectome procedure is a three-step process that takes approximately 30 minutes. You will go home the same day!
 
1. Incision - a tiny incision is made across the chamber of the affected eye.
2. Electro - surgical pulse - diseased tissue is removed with an electrosurgical pulse.
3. Washout - the eye is washed out with saline to remove tissue debris.
 
Removal of diseased tissue
 
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TRABECTOME BENEFITS

• Restores the eye’s natural fluid balance
• Low patient risk
• Simpler than traditional therapies
• Low complication rate
• Easily combines with cataract extraction
• Safe, economical and effective
 
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