TY - CHAP
T1 - Managing cataract and glaucoma in the developing world - Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) combined with trabeculectomy
AU - Venkatesh, Rengaraj
AU - Ramakrishnan, Rengappa
AU - Krishnadas, Ramasamy
AU - Sathyan, Parthasarathy
AU - Robin, Alan L.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - There is a strong interrelation between surgical management of glaucoma and cataract. Performing cataract surgery alone can lower the intraocular pressure, by about 4-6 mmHg. Glaucoma and cataract are diseases whose prevalence increases with advancing age. People living in developing countries have the highest risk of developing blindness from glaucoma.1 Angle-closure glaucoma predominates in some parts of East Asia, whereas in most of the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and in Hispanic populations, open angle forms are more common.2 Treatments for glaucoma vary depending on the type of glaucoma and the setting.
AB - There is a strong interrelation between surgical management of glaucoma and cataract. Performing cataract surgery alone can lower the intraocular pressure, by about 4-6 mmHg. Glaucoma and cataract are diseases whose prevalence increases with advancing age. People living in developing countries have the highest risk of developing blindness from glaucoma.1 Angle-closure glaucoma predominates in some parts of East Asia, whereas in most of the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and in Hispanic populations, open angle forms are more common.2 Treatments for glaucoma vary depending on the type of glaucoma and the setting.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-0-387-09408-3_7
DO - 10.1007/978-0-387-09408-3_7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84892198997
SN - 9780387094076
SP - 73
EP - 82
BT - Cataract Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient
PB - Springer New York
ER -