Long-term Follow-up of Neodymium:YAG Laser Angle Surgery for Open-angle Glaucoma

Lucian V. Del Priore; Alan L. Robin; Irvin P. Pollack

doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(88)33195-7

Long-term Follow-up of Neodymium:YAG Laser Angle Surgery for Open-angle Glaucoma

Lucian V. Del Priore, Alan L. Robin, Irvin P. Pollack

School of Medicine

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Seventy-nine eyes (61 patients) with open-angle glaucoma and uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) of 23 mmHg or more despite maximal tolerated medical therapy and prior argon laser trabeculoplasty (75 eyes) were treated with neodymium:YAG (Nd: YAG) laser angle surgery and followed for at least 1 year. Ten pulses of 10 mJ were applied to the midtrabecular meshwork over 40° in the most visible portion of the angle. The IOP was controlled successfully (≤22 mmHg) in 60 eyes (76%) 1 month after treatment and in 36 of 78 eyes (46%) 1 year after treatment. Long-term complications included two eyes with advanced glaucoma that lost central fixation despite good IOP control after treatment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	277-281
Number of pages	5
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	95
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-6420(88)33195-7
State	Published - 1988

Keywords

glaucoma
laser angle surgery
neodymium:YAG trabeculoplasty
neodymium:YAG trabeculopuncture

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Ophthalmology

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