glossary

The natural lens is suspended within the eye by elastic fibres around its circumference. These, and the lens capsule are retained during the cataract surgery to allow the lens implant to be supported in the position that the original lens occupied.

A network of drainage channels located at the periphery of the anterior chamber of the eye, through which aqueous drains from the eye into the circulation.

A surgical procedure to allow aqueous to flow from the anterior chamber of the eye to a space under the conjunctiva in a controlled fashion, in order to reduce the pressure in the eye.