What Is Gonioscopy? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Gonioscopy is a painless exam your ophthalmologist[1] uses to check a part of your eye called the drainage angle[2]. This area is at the front of your eye between the iris[3] and the cornea[4]. It is where fluid called aqueous humor[5] naturally drains out of your eye. Your ophthalmologist will perform a gonioscopy to check to see if this drainage angle is functioning properly.

For a gonioscopy exam, you will rest your head in the chin holder of a slit-lamp microscope[6] (the special instrument your ophthalmologist uses to look in your eyes). At this point, your eyes will have been numbed with eye drops[7].

Your ophthalmologist will place a special contact lens with mirrors directly on your eye. They will shine a beam of light into the lens to highlight the drainage angle. The lens mirrors help to show this part of the...