We hope to one day restore vision lost from glaucoma, but that can't presently be done. Existing treatments slow the process for most patients so no meaningful vision loss occurs in their lifetime. There are, however, several potential avenues to a cure.e hope to one day restore vision lost from glaucoma, but that can't presently be done. Existing treatments slow the process for most patients so no meaningful vision loss occurs in their lifetime. There are, however, several potential avenues to a cure.
Paracentesis is a procedure in which a needle or catheter is inserted into the peritoneal cavity to obtain ascitic fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.Ascitic fluid may be used to help determine the etiology of ascites, as well as to evaluate for infection or presence of cancer.
Paracentesis is the procedure to drain ascites (abnormal accumulation of fluid in a person's abdominal cavity) through a needle. We might do this for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes: A diagnostic paracentesis is performed to determine the cause of ascites and if the ascites is infected. Here, the ascites fluid collected is cultured for microbes and sent to the lab for cell counts and other biochemical and microscopic tests.