Clear-lens extraction as a treatment for primary angle closure

Glaucoma is a multifactorial spectrum of diseases in which progressive optic nerve damage leading to blindness occurs with raised intraocular pressure as the main risk factor. Augusto Azuara-Blanco and colleagues report in The Lancet the results of an international prospective randomised study compa...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2016-10, Vol.388 (10052), p.1352-1354
Main Author: Traverso, Carlo E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blindness - prevention & control
Cataracts
Comparative studies
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Disease Progression
Eye surgery
Glaucoma
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure - physiopathology
Glaucoma, Angle-Closure - surgery
Health Status
Humans
Internal Medicine
Intraocular Pressure
Iris - surgery
Laser Therapy
Lasers
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - economics
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - methods
Optic Nerve Diseases - complications
Patients
Phacoemulsification
Pragmatic Clinical Trials as Topic
Quality of Life
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Glaucoma is a multifactorial spectrum of diseases in which progressive optic nerve damage leading to blindness occurs with raised intraocular pressure as the main risk factor. Augusto Azuara-Blanco and colleagues report in The Lancet the results of an international prospective randomised study comparing laser iridotomy with clear-lens extraction as the initial treatment of primary angle closure and primary angle-closure glaucoma.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31746-9