Healio

Man presents with visual complaints after laser peripheral iridotomy in left eye

A 61-year-old man diagnosed as a glaucoma suspect with narrow angles presented to the New England Eye Center. The man had visual complaints of seeing horizontal streaks of light in his left eye since ...
Nature

Ultrasound biomicroscopic quantification of the change in anterior chamber angle following laser peripheral iridotomy in early chronic primary angle closure glaucoma

Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is the most common cause of glaucoma in Asian populations. 1 While patients with acute angle closure present in a manner that is rarely missed (with a painful red ...
Nature

Prophylactic laser peripheral iridotomy and cataract progression

To determine whether prophylactic laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) for primary angle closure (PAC) is associated with cataract progression. Of 712 participants, 158 were diagnosed with occludable ...
Healio

Woman’s IOP elevated despite patent laser peripheral iridotomy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 58-year-old white woman with primary angle closure suspect was referred to the New England Eye Center glaucoma ...
Medscape

Laser Iridotomy in Pigment Dispersion Syndrome

A randomized prospective clinical trial was performed to assess the 10-year incidence of increased intraocular pressure (IOP) in the two eyes of patients with pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS), with ...