The aim is to get the best reduction in eye pressure with the least side effects. The surgical approach for angle closure glaucoma is to make a hole in the iris to detour the eye fluid. More often nowadays, the hole is made with focused laser beams in the physician's office. Surgical treatment of open angle glaucoma needs a channel made connecting the chamber covered by the cornea with the space under the tissue covering the white of the eye. Over age 35 you should have an eye examination every two years, more frequently if you are a diabetic.
Problems can go unnoticed in many parts of the body, but in the eye it can be a disaster.