Anterior chamber paracentesis (ACP) is a surgical procedure done to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) of the eye.
Anterior chamber paracentesis is used in the management of acute angle closure glaucoma, and uveitis.
[3] Aqueous humor collected using anterior chamber paracentesis may be used for clinical diagnosis of infectious uveitis.
[4] In this procedure aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of eyeball is drained out by using a tuberculin syringe, with or without a plunger attached to a hypodermic needle or a paracentesis incision.
[5] Pain, traumatic injuries of the iris, corneal abscess, inadvertent lens touch, occurrence of Anterior chamber fibrin, Intraocular hemorrhage, decompression retinopathy, hyphaema, ocular hypotension due to leakage and exogenous endophthalmitis are complication of ACP.