Air trabeculotomy.
Retrograde air injection into an episcleral aqueous vein of ten rhesus monkey eyes resulted in multiple microscopic ruptures in the inner canal wall and trabecular meshwork, without trabecular detachment or damage to the other canal walls and the surrounding tissues. After air trabeculotomy, a 41% decrease in outflow resistance was observed.
D000388:Air; D000818:Animals; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery*; D006068:Gonioscopy; D000882:Haplorhini; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007267:Injections; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D010477:Perfusion; D010690:Phlebography