You will be advised to refrain from strenuous activity. As with any surgical procedure, eye surgery always carries with it potential risks. In the case of laser surgery, these risks are minimal, but patients need to understand that there could possibly be loss of vision, eye discomfort or pain, elevation of eye pressure, or the need for further medication or surgery. With incisional surgery, the risks while generally still small are, nevertheless, greater than with laser surgery. Any incision on the body carries with it the risks of bleeding or, later, infection.
Loss of vision can follow incisional eye surgery.
The eye s pressure may not reduce as was intended with the surgery. In fact, occasionally the pressure could be too high or too low and require additional medication or further surgery. Loss of vision following eye surgery is always a potential occurrence and, on the rarest of occasions, an eye can be lost following surgery. As with any surgery, your surgeon will explain the surgery and discuss the potential benefits and risks. These need to be weighed and balanced as you and your surgeon together decide what is best to treat your glaucoma.