Importance Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Many
patients with glaucoma are asymptomatic early in the disease course. Primary care …

Background Glaucoma is a group of chronically progressive disorders of the optic nerve. In
this article, we present the epidemiology of and risk factors for glaucoma, as well as the …

The glaucomas are a group of conditions leading to irreversible sight loss and characterised
by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells. Although not always elevated, intraocular …

Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a common cause of blindness. Angle closure is
a fundamental pathologic process in PAGC. With the development of imaging devices for the …

After a long period of little change, glaucoma surgery has experienced a dramatic rise in the
number of possible procedures in the last two decades. Glaucoma filtering surgeries with …

Background Primary angle-closure glaucoma affects 20 million people worldwide. People
classified as primary angle closure suspects have a higher but poorly quantified risk of …

Glaucoma is an irreversible progressive optic neuropathy, for which the major proven
treatment is to lower the intraocular pressure (IOP). Five groups of IOP‐lowering eye drops …

Objective To estimate global prevalence of blindness and vision loss caused by glaucoma,
and to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic factors on it. Design A population-based …

Background Primary angle closure disease (PACD) is classified into several groups. Primary
angle closure suspect is defined as≥ 180 degrees of iridotrabecular contact (ITC) without …

Purpose To examine the efficacy and complications of laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) in
subjects with primary angle closure (PAC). Methods Literature searches in the PubMed and …