Argon laser trabeculoplasty controls one third of cases of progressive, uncontrolled, open angle glaucoma for 5 years
| Autor: | George L Spaeth, Karin A. Baez |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Trabeculoplasty genetic structures Open angle glaucoma medicine.medical_treatment Eye disease Anterior margin Glaucoma Argon laser trabeculoplasty Trabeculectomy Ophthalmology medicine Humans Intraocular Pressure Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease eye diseases Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Treatment Outcome Filtration surgery Female sense organs Trabecular meshwork Laser Therapy business Glaucoma Open-Angle Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 110(4) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9950 |
| Popis: | Seventy-eight patients (109 eyes) with progressive glaucoma had argon laser trabeculoplasty as a substitute for filtration surgery and were then followed up for a minimum of 5 years. One hundred spots were placed at the anterior margin of the posterior trabecular meshwork over 360 degrees. Consecutive cases between 1980 and 1985 were reviewed, 95% of treated cases being included in the final analysis. Eighty-two eyes had primary open angle glaucoma. If only the group with primary open angle glaucoma is considered, the failure rate the first year was 19%. After that, the failure rate was approximately eight per year. At the end of 5 years, 65% of all eyes had failed. At the end of 10 years, data were available on 84 of the original 109 treated eyes; in 80 treatment had failed, and four were still receiving medical therapy. |
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