Efficacy of Nd-YAG laser iridotomies in acute angle closure glaucoma.
Open Access
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 73 (3) , 182-185
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.73.3.182
Abstract
Between September 1984 and April 1987 a total of 150 patients underwent Nd-YAG laser iridotomy procedures at the Bristol Eye Hospital. Forty of these patients (27%) were treated for acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG), and three of them (7%) suffered recurrent AACG. Sixteen patients who had been treated for AACG have been challenged by a pharmacological provocative test introduced by Mapstone, with a total of 23 eyes being tested. A negative result was obtained in all cases. Provocative testing is recommended to help identify those at risk of recurrent AACG.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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