Randomized Trial of Early Phacoemulsification versus Peripheral Iridotomy to Prevent Intraocular Pressure Rise after Acute Primary Angle Closure

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1134-1140

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Leung, Dexter Y L ^a   Tham, Clement C Y ^a   Li, Felix C H ^a   Kwong, Yolanda Y Y ^a   Chiu, Thomas Y H ^b   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CATARACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 45849134159     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.10.033     Document Type: Article

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