Early Detection and Precision Monitoring
1. Expert Glaucoma Diagnostics
Because glaucoma often presents with no early symptoms, highly precise diagnostic imaging is essential to measure optic nerve health.
Your Consultation in Istanbul:
- Tonometry & Pachymetry: Accurately measuring your intraocular pressure (IOP) and corneal thickness.
- Visual Field Testing: Mapping your peripheral vision to detect any subtle blind spots caused by nerve damage.
- OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography): A high-resolution scan of the optic nerve head and retinal nerve fiber layer to detect even microscopic signs of glaucoma progression.
- Gonioscopy: Examining the drainage angle of your eye to determine if you have open-angle or closed-angle glaucoma.
From Drops to Micro-Stents
2. Advanced Glaucoma Treatments
Treatment aims to lower eye pressure to a target level that prevents further optic nerve damage.
Advanced Treatment Options:
- Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT): A painless, outpatient laser procedure that stimulates the eye’s natural drainage system to work more efficiently, often reducing the need for daily eye drops.
- MIGS (Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery): Implantation of microscopic stents (like iStent) into the drainage canal during a very brief procedure, often performed at the same time as cataract surgery.
- Trabeculectomy & Tube Shunts: For advanced glaucoma, our expert surgeons create a new drainage pathway or implant a tiny silicone tube to drain fluid and drastically lower eye pressure.
Preserving Your Vision for Life
3. Post-Operative Care and Pressure Control
Glaucoma management is a lifelong commitment, but surgical and laser interventions can provide excellent, long-term pressure control.
Recovery Milestones:
- Immediate Post-Op: Following laser or MIGS, recovery is extremely rapid with minimal discomfort. More invasive procedures (trabeculectomy) require more cautious healing.
- Medication Adjustment: Depending on the success of the procedure, your doctor may reduce or eliminate your need for daily pressure-lowering eye drops.
- Lifelong Monitoring: Even after successful surgery, regular check-ups with an ophthalmologist in your home country are essential to ensure the pressure remains controlled over the years.