Killing two birds with one stone: The potential effect of cataract surgery on the incidence of primary angle-closure glaucoma in a high-risk population

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chan, Wengonn ^a   García, José A ^b   Newland, Henry S ^a   Muecke, James ^a   Mcgovern, Stephen ^a   Selva, Dinesh ^a   Aung, Tin ^c   Casson, Robert J ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; Blindness prevention; Cataract surgery; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862532747     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02607.x     Document Type: Article

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