Filtration Surgery (Noun)
Meaning
Eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues; a treatment for glaucoma.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Filtration surgery is often performed on patients with glaucoma who have not responded well to other treatments.
- The ophthalmologist explained that filtration surgery would help reduce the pressure in her eye by allowing excess fluid to drain out.
- After years of struggling with glaucoma, he finally underwent filtration surgery to alleviate his symptoms.
- The doctor recommended filtration surgery as a last resort to save her vision from further damage caused by glaucoma.
- Filtration surgery has become a common procedure for treating glaucoma and has shown promising results in reducing eye pressure.