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Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları A.D., Van, Prof. Dr. It seems more appropriate to define incisional procedures entering the anterior chamber for reducing intraocular pressure as “penetrating surgery” rather than “filtration surgery”.
Under the title of penetrating surgery, new innovations in trabeculectomy and new penetrating methods to avoid trabeculectomy complications will be mentioned. These methods are: Ex-press, Eyepass, iStent, Trabectome, ELT (Excimer laser trabeculostomy), and GMS (Gold micro shunt). Keywords : Glaucoma, filtration (penetrating) surgery