Which procedures reduce aqueous production in glaucoma treatment?

Which procedures reduce aqueous production in glaucoma treatment?

• A. Enucleation
• B. Cyclocryosurgery Or Cyclophotocoagulation
• C. Latanoprost
• D. Dorzolamide

Answer: (B)

Aqueous production can be reduced by targeting the ciliary body with cyclodestructive procedures, which lower the secretory function of the ciliary processes and thus decrease aqueous humor formation and intraocular pressure. Cyclocryosurgery uses freezing to ablate parts of the ciliary body, while cyclophotocoagulation uses laser energy to coagulate the ciliary processes. These are performed as treatment options when other measures fail or are unsuitable. The other options don’t fit this mechanism: enucleation is removal of the eye, not a standard glaucoma procedure; latanoprost works by increasing outflow, not reducing production; dorzolamide lowers production pharmacologically but is a medication, not a procedure.

Aqueous production can be reduced by targeting the ciliary body with cyclodestructive procedures, which lower the secretory function of the ciliary processes and thus decrease aqueous humor formation and intraocular pressure. Cyclocryosurgery uses freezing to ablate parts of the ciliary body, while cyclophotocoagulation uses laser energy to coagulate the ciliary processes. These are performed as treatment options when other measures fail or are unsuitable. The other options don’t fit this mechanism: enucleation is removal of the eye, not a standard glaucoma procedure; latanoprost works by increasing outflow, not reducing production; dorzolamide lowers production pharmacologically but is a medication, not a procedure.