Anterior chamber angle assessment techniques

DS Friedman, M He - Survey of ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
Angle-closure glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness. Diagnosis and
treatment are intricately related to angle assessment techniques. This article reviews the …

Epidemiology of primary glaucoma: prevalence, incidence, and blinding effects

C Cedrone, R Mancino, A Cerulli, M Cesareo… - Progress in brain …, 2008 - Elsevier
Certain general conclusions can be drawn from a series of 56 studies on glaucoma
prevalence. Even in the most recently published studies the rate of undiagnosed glaucoma …

The prevalence and types of glaucoma in Malay people: the Singapore Malay eye study

SY Shen, TY Wong, PJ Foster, JL Loo… - … & visual science, 2008 - iovs.arvojournals.org
methods. The Singapore Malay Eye Study is a population-based, cross-sectional survey that
examined 3280 (78.7% response) persons aged 40 to 80 years. Participants underwent a …

Comparison of gonioscopy and anterior segment ocular coherence tomography in detecting angle closure in different quadrants of the anterior chamber angle

LM Sakata, R Lavanya, DS Friedman, HT Aung, H Gao… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare the performance of gonioscopy and anterior segment (AS) optical
coherence tomography (OCT) in detecting angle closure in the different quadrants of the …

Randomized trial of early phacoemulsification versus peripheral iridotomy to prevent intraocular pressure rise after acute primary angle closure

DSC Lam, DYL Leung, CCY Tham, FCH Li… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare the efficacy of early phacoemulsification versus laser peripheral
iridotomy (LPI) in the prevention of intraocular pressure (IOP) rise in patients after acute …

Prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma in an urban south Indian population and comparison with a rural population: the Chennai Glaucoma Study

L Vijaya, R George, M Baskaran, H Arvind, P Raju… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and risk factors of primary open-angle glaucoma
(POAG) in an urban population and compare the same with that of our published rural …

Prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in a rural Chinese adult population: the Handan Eye Study

YB Liang, DS Friedman, TY Wong, SY Zhan, LP Sun… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To describe the prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in a rural
population in Northern China. DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional study …

Determinants of angle closure in older Singaporeans

R Lavanya, TY Wong, DS Friedman… - Archives of …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To investigate systemic and ocular risk factors for angle closure (AC) in older
Singaporeans and to determine if these risk factors are different in men vs women and in …

Prevalence of primary angle-closure disease in an urban south Indian population and comparison with a rural population: the Chennai Glaucoma Study

L Vijaya, R George, H Arvind, M Baskaran, SV Ramesh… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG),
primary angle closure (PAC), and PAC suspect (PACS) in an urban population, and to …

Sociodemographic, family history, and lifestyle risk factors for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension: the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

V Doshi, M Ying-Lai, SP Azen, R Varma… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic, family history, and
lifestyle risk factors and open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and ocular hypertension (OHT) in …