Resident-performed laser peripheral iridotomy in primary angle closure, primary angle closure suspects, and primary angle closure glaucoma

Resident-performed laser peripheral iridotomy in primary angle closure, primary angle closure suspects, and primary angle closure glaucoma

PURPOSE To investigate the power use and complication frequency of resident-performed laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI). METHODS A retrospective analysis of 196 eyes from 103 patients who underwent neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser iridotomy performed by resident physicians from January 1, 2010 through April 30, 2015 at a university-based county hospital was done. All patients were trea...

Appositional angle closure in Chinese with primary angle closure and primary angle closure glaucoma after laser peripheral iridotomy.

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of appositional angle closure (AAC) after laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) in the eyes of Chinese patients with primary angle closure (PAC) and primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) and to evaluate its pathogenesis by investigating anatomic characteristics. METHODS This was a cross-sectional observational study. PAC and PACG subjects were consecutively enro...

Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Primary angle-closure glaucoma

The picture of primary angle-closure glaucoma accompanied by its shallow anterior chamber is so distinct that for many years it has evoked considerable curiosity concerning possible genetic determination. Family trees were published (Sedan and Sedan-Bauby, 1949; Waardenburg, I96I) and attempts were made to fit the inheritance into a genetic pattern-but without convincing success. Authors seemed...

Efficacy of laser iridotomy in early primary angle-closure glaucoma

Objective: This study aims to investigate the clinical results of applying laser iridotomy to early primary angle-closure glaucoma. Method: One hundred forty-eight patients with early primary angle-closure glaucoma were selected as research subjects. They were divided into observation and control groups. Each group included 74 patients. The observation group underwent laser iridotomy treatment ...