A 61-year-old man diagnosed as a glaucoma suspect with narrow angles presented to the New England Eye Center. The man had visual complaints of seeing horizontal streaks of light in his left eye since ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The majority of patients don't require glaucoma medications before or after undergoing bilateral laser peripheral iridotomy, an analysis of a managed care database suggests. However, ...

Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is the most common cause of glaucoma in Asian populations. 1 While patients with acute angle closure present in a manner that is rarely missed (with a painful red ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 58-year-old white woman with primary angle closure suspect was referred to the New England Eye Center glaucoma ...

To evaluate changes at the anterior chamber angle during Valsalva manoeuver, in eyes having primary angle closure (PAC) and a patent laser peripheral iridotomy. This cross-sectional study was designed ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My eye doctor told me I’m in danger of an “acute attack” of narrow angle glaucoma and that I need iridotomy in both eyes right away. He also said this may be related to my headaches. I ...

A randomized prospective clinical trial was performed to assess the 10-year incidence of increased intraocular pressure (IOP) in the two eyes of patients with pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS), with ...

—In this large, randomized trial, early lens extraction for patients with chronic angle-closure disease led to better quality of life and lower intraocular pressure at a reasonable cost compared to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My eye doctor told me I’m in danger of an “acute attack” of narrow angle glaucoma and that I need iridotomy in both eyes right away. He also said this may be related to my headaches. I ...

1. Which doctor should I consult for an iridectomy? You should consult an ophthalmologist for an iridectomy. 2. Which symptoms will I experience that will tell me that I may need an iridectomy? If you ...

I was supposed to get ICL surgery for both of my eyes, but I'm having such bad side effects from the iridotomy they do at the pre-op before the surgery that I cancelled surgery. I'm actually really ...

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