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Outcomes of primary Angle Closure Glaucoma Management

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Title: Outcomes of primary Angle Closure Glaucoma Management

Authors: Rakhshandeh Alipanahi , Sima Sayyahmelli 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2011

Volume: 61

Issue: 7

Language: English

Keywords: Primary angle-closure glaucomaNd: YAG laser iridotomyIntra-occular pressure (JPMA 61:636; 2011)

Categories
Laser Medicine (87) Visual Science (123) Pharmacology (22872) Ophthalmology (4490) Surgery (16580)

Abstract

Abstract


Objective: To investigate the results of primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) management on intraocular pressure (IOP).
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the ophthalmology Department, Tabriz Medical Sciences University ,Nikookary Eye Hospital, Tabriz, Iran . Subjects with angle closure were treated with YAG laser iridotomy at the time of diagnosis. These patients were re-examined in follow-up period for Patency of iridotomy, intraocular pressure (IOP), visual acuity, gonioscopic findings and automated threshold perimetry and Peripapillary RNFL thickness for detecting progression. Iridotomy was classified unsuccessful in eyes where further surgical intervention was required or in which there was a loss of visual acuity to

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