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Abstract #14899 Published in IGR 8-4
Argon laser iridotomy in neovascular glaucoma
Valkovic A; Kovacevic D; Valkovic Antic IActa Medica Croatica 2006; 60: 105-108
AIM: To evaluate the long term results of argon laser iridotomy in neovascular glaucoma with previous primary angle-closure glaucoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 186 glaucomatouse eyes of 160 patients who had over a 10-year chronic primary angle-closure glaucoma. Inclusion criterion was later associated neovascular activities in the anterior globe segment, due to proliferative diabetic retinopathy or central retinal vein occlusion. All the patients were treated with preparatory stretch burns of 200 u spot size, 0.2 sec. exposure and 200 mW power, and than with penetration burns of 50 u, 0.2 sec. and 1000 mW. until the transillumination appear. RESULTS: The iris falls back and the peripheral anterior chamber deepens in 90% of the treated eyes. CONCLUSION: Argon laser iridotomy is safely than any other method to deepen the anterior chamber when rubeosis of the iris is associated to primary angle-closure glaucoma. LA: Croatian
Dr. A. Valkovic, Klinika za oftalmologiju Medicinskog fakulteta u Rijeci i Klinickog bolnickog centra Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska, Croatia
Classification:
12.2 Laser iridotomy (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)
9.4.5.1 Neovascular glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous)
9.3.1 Acute primary angle closure glaucoma (pupillary block) (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.3 Primary angle closure glaucomas)