The test will be performed with and without corrective lenses. Incisional surgery to create a new opening for fluid to drain is usually performed after other treatment options have failed. Chronic closed-angle glaucoma is treated with laser peripheral iridotomy and medications. When this form of the disease is better understood, then treatment strategies will be modified. Congenital glaucoma is usually treated with medications and either goniotomy or trabeculotomy , two forms of eye surgery.
Juvenile glaucoma is treated using medications, laser surgery and filtering surgery.
Secondary glaucoma treatment depends on whether the condition is acute or chronic. The underlying condition causing the increase in eye pressure will need to be addressed and this, of course, will vary depending on the cause. Pigmentary glaucoma is treated using medications, laser surgery and filtering surgery. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is treated using medications, laser surgery and filtering surgery. Surgical techniques may be used earlier than in open-angle glaucoma.