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Abstract #105720 Published in IGR 23-3
Phacoemulsification combined with goniosynechialysis under a gonioscope in the treatment of angle-closure glaucoma: the effect of reopening the synechial anterior chamber angle
Tang YH; Li YY; Xie YQ; Zhang SD; Xu SX; Le RR; Chu XZ; Hu CJ; Wang XJ; Pan WH; Liang YBChinese Journal of Ophthalmology 2022; 58: 701-705
A total of 170 consecutive patients (181 eyes) who were diagnosed with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) and underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation (PEI) combined with goniosynechialysis (GSL) with an instrument under a gonioscope in the Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019 were observed. Anterior chamber angle synechiae of 0 (0, 2) clock hour were released after PEI, while after combined goniosynechialysis, synechiae of 6 (3, 8) clock hours were further released. No matter in chronic PACG and acute PACG with cornea edema, the extent of anterior chamber angle synechiae was different before surgery and after PEI, and so was it in post-PEI and PEI-GSL prospectively (all <0.01). Phacoemulsification alone can reopen the synechial anterior chamber angle in both chronic PACG and acute PACG in part, but not sufficiently. Combined goniosynechialysis under a gonioscope with an instrument is essential and effective.
The Eye Hospital, School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Glaucoma Research Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Wenzhou 325027, China.
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