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Primary Article
The Long-Term Course of Closed-Angle Glaucoma After Surgical Treatment
Abstract
Abstract: This study tests the validity of the concept that angle-closure glaucoma is basically a surgical disease, that surgical treatment usually results in true or relative cure of such glaucoma unless it is unusually delayed, and that such surgical therapy is usually safe and followed by few complications. The study revealed that a small percentage of cases after such surgery eventually developed increased visual field loss; a high percentage eventually required medical treatment for control, and six cases eventually required further surgery. Almost 35% of the cases eventually required cataract surgery after the glaucoma surgery. It is therefore evident from the somewhat biased sample tested that the longterm course of closed-angle glaucoma after surgical treatment is by no means free of subsequent problems, but is still probably the most conservative approach to therapy in this type of glaucoma.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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