The role of lens extraction in the current management of primary angle-closure glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-134

  Trikha, Sameer ^a   Perera, Shamira A ^a,b   Husain, Rahat ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cataract; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Lens extraction; Primary angle closure

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOSYNECHIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS EXTRACTION; LENSECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; LENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRABECULECTOMY;

GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84926146736     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000128     Document Type: Review

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