Effects of phacoemulsification versus combined phaco-trabeculectomy on drainage angle status in primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG)

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Tham, Clement C Y ^a,b   Leung, Dexter Y L ^a,b   Kwong, Yolanda Y Y ^a,b   Li, Felix C H ^a,b   Lai, Jimmy S M ^a,c   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Phaco trabeculectomy; Phacoemulsification; Primary angle closure glaucoma; Synechial angle closure; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 77149145202     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31819d5d0c     Document Type: Article

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