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How To Handle Overhanging Bleb- Just Cut It
Posted By Dr. Ari Weitzner On July 8, 2011 @ 5:35 am In Glaucoma | Comments Disabled
Glaucoma Today: Dr. Palmberg discusses what I have seen elsewhere (I think one Youtube)- a large overhanging bleb causing cosmetic issues and decreased vision can simply be handled by trimming it. Remarkably, it doesn’t leak. It demonstrates that the bleb is not like a balloon- it usually is a complicated honeycomb of tissue, and therefore parts can be excised without leakage.
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