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Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy (ELT)

Michael S. Berlin MD

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Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy (ELT), a MIGS procedure requiring no implants, is demonstrated on a phakic open-angle glaucoma patient. A 308-nm XeCl laser with a single-use, sterile fiberoptic intraocular delivery system is used to create long-lasting drainage channels in the trabecular meshwork with minimal thermal damage to surrounding tissues, facilitating aqueous outflow into Schlemm's Canal.
Instruments, Devices, and Materials:

1) Laser delivery system (308-nm XeCl coupled with disposable fiber optic probe)
2) Goniolens
3) Viscoelastic
4) Paracentesis blade
5) Speculum
6) I/A
7) Topical or peribulbar anesthesia

Posted: 1/26/2017

Keywords:

Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy (ELT)

•

Excimer Lasers

•

Glaucoma

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Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)

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Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)

•

Schlemm canal

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trabecular meshwork

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Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy (ELT)

Michael S. Berlin MD

Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy (ELT), a MIGS procedure requiring no implants, is demonstrated on a phakic open-angle glaucoma patient. A 308-nm XeCl laser with a single-use, sterile fiberoptic intraocular delivery system is used to create long-lasting drainage channels in the trabecular meshwork with minimal thermal damage to surrounding tissues, facilitating aqueous outflow into Schlemm's Canal.
Instruments, Devices, and Materials:

1) Laser delivery system (308-nm XeCl coupled with disposable fiber optic probe)
2) Goniolens
3) Viscoelastic
4) Paracentesis blade
5) Speculum
6) I/A
7) Topical or peribulbar anesthesia

Posted: 1/26/2017

Keywords:

Excimer Laser Trabeculostomy (ELT)

•

Excimer Lasers

•

Glaucoma

•

Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)

•

Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)

•

Schlemm canal

•

trabecular meshwork

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