Abstract: The application and standardized management of ambulatory surgery has obvious advantages to resolve the shortage of medical resources，increase medical efficiency and decrease medical costs in China. The characteristics of ophthalmic surgery, such as short operative time, quick recovery, good general condition of the patients, and small anesthesia risk (usually local anesthetic) etc., determine its necessity and superiority that the ophthalmic surgery can apply ambulatory surgery as the main management mode. This paper explores the feasibility and the specific management of glaucomatous ambulatory surgery, based on the current situation of ambulatory surgery in China.

Key words: glaucoma, ambulatory surgery