简介:·AIM:Toobtainwideningofapotentiallyoccludableangle,inaccordingtoKanski’sindications,throughpreventiveNd:Yaglaseriridotomy.Theobservationalstudywasperformedbyusinggonioscopyfortheselectionandfollow-upof1165treatedeyesandexploitingShaffer-Etiennegonioscopicclassificationasaquality/quantitytestoftheanglerecession.·METHODS:BetweenSeptember2000andJuly2012,586patientswereselectedattheOutpatients’OphthalmologicalClinicofthePoliclinicoUmbertoIofRomeinordertoundergoNd:Yaglaseriridotomy.AGoldmanntypecontactlens,Q-switchedmode,2-3defocus,and7-9mJintensitywith2-3impulsedischargeswereusedforsurgery.·RESULTS:Fromasearlyasthefirstweek,awhole360°anglewideningwereevidentinthepatients,thusshowingthesuccessofNd:Yaglaseriridotomyinsolvingrelativepupilblock.Theangleremainednarrowby270°in14eyesonly,despiterepetitionsoffurthertreatmentwithlaseriridotomyinadifferentpartoftheiris,twicein10eyesandthreetimesin4eyes.·CONCLUSION:Nd:YaglaseriridotomyrevealeditselfasbeingasafeandeffectivetreatmentinwideningthosecriticalShaffer-Etiennegrade1and2potentiallyoccludableangles.
简介:AIM:Toinvestigatetheefficacyandsafetyofkryptonlaserperipheraliridoplasty(LPIP)forChinesepatientswithprimaryangleclosure(PAC)orprimaryangle-closureglaucoma(PACG)statuspostlaseriridotomyinreversingthepositiveresultsofthedarkroomprovocativetest(DRPT).METHODS:Thisstudywasprospective,noncomparative,interventionalcaseseries.Thirty-threepatients(thirty-eighteyes)withPACorPACGstatuspostpatentlaseriridotomyandmaintainednormalintraocularpressure(IOP)butwithpositiveDRPTresultswereenrolled.AllthesubjectsweretreatedwithkryptonLPIP.DRPTwasrepeatedafterkryptonLPIP.ResultsofDRPTwererecorded.Thevisualacuity,IOPandgonioscopywereanalyzedbeforeandafterkryptonLPIP.Aminimumtimelimitforfollow-upwas6mo.RESULTS:Thirty-threepatients(thirty-eighteyes)werefollowedfor17.7±8.37mo(range7-41mo)afterLPIP.PositiveresultsofDRPTdecreasedfrom38eyesto9eyes(23.7%)afterLPIP.Peripheralanteriorsynechiaeofanglein34of38eyes(89.5%)remainedunchangedatdynamicgonioscopythroughoutthefollow-upperiodafterLPIP.CONCLUSION:LPIPdecreasedpositiveratesoftheDRPTsignificantly.ThemechanismmaybethatLPIPminimizedcontactbetweentheperipheralirisandtrabecularmeshwork,whichisakeyfactorfordevelopingperipheralanteriorsynechiae.