Initial management of acute primary angle closure: A randomized trial comparing phacoemulsification with laser peripheral iridotomy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2274-2281

  Husain, Rahat ^a   Gazzard, Gus ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^a,c   Chen, Yuming ^d   Padmanabhan, Vishwanath ^a   Oen, Francis T S ^a   Seah, Steve K L ^a   Hoh, Sek Tien ^a  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BRIMONIDINE; MANNITOL; PILOCARPINE; POTASSIUM; STEROID; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETER; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENS IMPLANT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84868199266     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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