… Background/aims To investigate the long-term outcomes of laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) …
of angle closure in Vietnamese. Methods Medical charts of Vietnamese patients who were …

… was largely replaced by laser iridotomy which was believed to be … Vietnamese patients [8].
This observation may explain why an APAC attack could recur in eyes with a patent iridotomy […

… Argon laser peripheral iridoplasty (ALPI) consists in carrying out … and safety of ALPI in treating
APAC in Vietnamese patients. … open iridocorneal angle, laser iridotomy was performed and …

… Similarly, a retrospective chart review from Vietnam reported high rates of transitioning
from … Angle closure may behave differently in Vietnamese and Indian persons. Finally, it is …

… patients), 27 patients who initially had open angles developed narrow angles and underwent
laser peripheral iridotomy … in the closed-open group had IOP elevation after laser iridotomy. …

… However, none of the patients in this study underwent laser iridoplasty for plateau iris.
Gonioscopy was only performed after LPI if the mechanism of angle closure was pupillary block …

… Laser peripheral iridotomy increases angle width in all stages of primary angle closure and
has a good safety profile. Most PACS eyes do not receive further intervention, whereas many …

… laser iridotomy in the presence of a narrow angle, patients must be treated on a case-by-case
basis. Although laser iridotomy … to assess Vietnamese patients carefully for narrow angles. …

… In the open-angle subgroup, Vietnamese had significantly smaller angle and anterior …
ACW in Vietnamese (P < .001). In the closed-angle subgroup, Vietnamese possessed smaller …

… They recommended 8 that in the cases of uncontrolled PACG following laser iridotomy or
surgical iridectomy, ALT should be considered before filtration surgery to control IOP. Wishart …