Current approaches to the management of acute primary angle closure

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-151

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Tham, Clement C Y ^a   Lai, Jimmy S M ^a,b   Leung, Dexter Y L ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angle closure; Glaucoma; Iridoplasty; Laser; Paracentesis; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; GLYCEROL; MANNITOL; PILOCARPINE; POTASSIUM; STEROID; TIMOLOL;

ALGORITHM; ARGON LASER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENSECTOMY; PARACENTESIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CATARACT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; PARACENTESIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847024924     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32808374c9     Document Type: Review

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