How long can trabeculectomy last

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My child is 10 years old this year. Now he is in primary school. His eyes are not very good, and he is a little short-sighted. Later, the situation became serious. He went to the hospital for trabeculectomy. He recovered well after the operation, and he also paid attention to eye care after the operation. Let's talk about how long trabeculectomy can last.

How long can trabeculectomy last

First, the vision is blurred after glaucoma surgery. This kind of surgery is not to improve vision, but to maintain the existing vision and prevent further decline of vision. It is possible that vision will also decline after surgery. So there's no problem with a slight decline. As long as there are no complications after glaucoma surgery.

Second: the recovery of visual acuity after trabeculectomy depends on the severity of glaucoma. The most important thing is that after trabeculectomy, the eyeball should be massaged intermittently for life, so that the filtering bleb is unobstructed, which will not lead to high intraocular pressure and further damage the visual field and vision.

Third: glaucoma is a kind of irreversible damage to the optic nerve disease, general patients will have high intraocular pressure, nausea, headache, etc., to see the patient's specific intraocular pressure and disease to give different drug treatment, different intraocular pressure value of the use of drugs are different, can't blind medication.

matters needing attention

Trabeculectomy has a good effect on the treatment of glaucoma, but the eyes can not be cleaned after the operation, at least two weeks to avoid shampoo and bath, under the guidance of doctors to learn massage in order to ensure the long-term effect of the operation, but also regular follow-up, timely follow-up.