We report the case of a 70-year-old woman with a history of acute primary angle-closure
glaucoma (PACG) in the left eye who, 2 hours after a fundus examination and mydriasis …

Angle closure glaucoma is characterized by an optic neuropathy with a glaucomatous visual
field defect with a white painless eye and mimics primary open-angle glaucoma. Acute …

Purpose: To report the results of primary phacoemulsification to treat uncontrolled angle-
closure glaucoma. Setting: Private practice and teaching hospital department. Methods: This …

OBJECTIVE: To describe a pilot study of lens extraction in the management of acute primary
angle-closure glaucoma (APACG) in Chinese patients. DESIGN: Interventional case series …

Purpose: The purpose is to study the effect of cataract extraction on intraocular pressure
(IOP) in patients with angle closure disease (ACD). Methods: In this retrospective study …

Reply: We are grateful for the interest Dr Spaeth expressed in our study. We agreed with Dr
Spaeth that it is interesting to find a decrease in the extent of synechial closure after …

Almost 70 million cases of glaucoma have been diagnosed worldwide, approximately half of
which are classified as angle-closure glaucoma (ACG). Among patients with angle closure …

Purpose To examine the clinical outcomes of cataract extraction in eyes with primary angle
closure (PAC) and coexisting cataract. Patients and Methods Retrospective study of surgical …

We investigated the results of cataract surgery in acute angle-closure glaucoma patients
whose intraocular pressure (IOP) was not controlled with conventional treatment. We …

Purpose: We studied the surgical outcomes of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens
(IOL) implantation for cataract and/or uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) in eyes with …