Angle-closure: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment

N Amerasinghe, T Aung - Progress in brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
… Introduction: Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is the … into primary angle-closure
suspect, primary angle closure (… Long-term clinical course of primary angle-closure glaucoma …

Long-term clinical course of primary angle-closure glaucoma in an Asian population

Z Alsagoff, T Aung, LPK Ang, PTK Chew - Ophthalmology, 2000 - Elsevier
angle closure. Many of the patients in this study had a previous episode of acute angle closure,
which may have caused angle … anatomic predisposition to develop angle closure.18, 19 …

Chronic angle-closure with glaucomatous damage: long-term clinical course in a North American population and comparison with an Asian population

M Rosman, T Aung, LPK Ang, PTK Chew… - Ophthalmology, 2002 - Elsevier
… the long-term clinical course of North American chronic angle-closure glaucoma (CACG)
patients with optic disc damage and visual field loss in the presence of an angle closed at least …

Five year risk of progression of primary angle closure suspects to primary angle closure: a population based study

R Thomas, R George, R Parikh, J Muliyil… - British Journal of …, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com
… However, our follow up was only for 5 years and the course of such angles over a longer
period of time is unknown. Such information when available will better allow decisions for the …

Primary angleclosure glaucoma: an update

C Wright, MA Tawfik, M Waisbourd… - Acta …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… The long-term clinical course of PACG post-lens-extraction has yet to be explored. … If
proven effective and safe, this technique could dramatically impact treatment and the course of …

Review of recent advancements in the understanding of primary angle-closure glaucoma

T Aung, PTK Chew - Current opinion in ophthalmology, 2002 - journals.lww.com
… suspect), as the long-term clinical course of such eyes is not known. Performing all LPI in all
such eyes may be a form of overtreatment, as many eyes would probably never develop the …

[PDF][PDF] Primary angle closure preferred practice pattern® guidelines

BE Prum, LW Herndon, SE Moroi, SL Mansberger… - …, 2016 - lin.hs.uci.edu
… The Primary Angle Closure PPP was then sent for review to additional internal and external
… assist members in resolving ethical dilemmas that arise in the course of ophthalmic practice. …

Contemporary approach to the diagnosis and management of primary angle-closure disease

MR Razeghinejad, JS Myers - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
angle closure, but gonioscopy remains a mainstay of clinical evaluation. Laser iridotomy
effectively eliminates the pupillary block component of angle closure… postoperative course of the …

[PDF][PDF] Current understanding of the treatment and outcome of acute primary angle-closure glaucoma: an Asian perspective

LPS Ang, LPK Ang - ANNALS-ACADEMY OF MEDICINE …, 2008 - annals.edu.sg
… during the course of the disease, and patients with acute angle closure can subsequently …
and Caucasians may reflect ethnic differences in the clinical course of PACG in these patients. …

Epidemiology of angle-closure glaucoma: prevalence, clinical types, and association with peripheral anterior chamber depth in the Egna-Neumarkt Glaucoma Study

L Bonomi, G Marchini, M Marraffa, P Bernardi… - Ophthalmology, 2000 - Elsevier
… In addition, biomicroscopic or gonioscopic evidence of angle closure was also necessary. …
glaucoma: Cases in which a typical acute attack was followed by a chronic glaucoma course