Laser Iridotomy in Closed-Angle Glaucoma

The Hub-and-Spoke Management of Glaucoma

“…In glaucoma, primary prevention consists in making the disease known, as well as its risk factors. For example, subjects with narrow angle and high hypermetropia have an increased risk of developing acute angle-closure glaucoma, therefore it should be assessed whether adequate preventive monitoring of the IOP is necessary and possibly also the execution of a laser prophylactic iridotomy case by case basis (Yassur et al, 1979;He et al, 2019). Conversely, secondary prevention is directed to unaware affected people.…”

The Hub-and-Spoke Management of Glaucoma

“…In glaucoma, primary prevention consists in making the disease known, as well as its risk factors. For example, subjects with narrow angle and high hypermetropia have an increased risk of developing acute angle-closure glaucoma, therefore it should be assessed whether adequate preventive monitoring of the IOP is necessary and possibly also the execution of a laser prophylactic iridotomy case by case basis (Yassur et al, 1979;He et al, 2019). Conversely, secondary prevention is directed to unaware affected people.…”

The Hub-and-Spoke Management of Glaucoma

“…In glaucoma, primary prevention consists in making the disease known, as well as its risk factors. For example, subjects with narrow angle and high hypermetropia have an increased risk of developing acute angle-closure glaucoma, therefore it should be assessed whether adequate preventive monitoring of the IOP is necessary and possibly also the execution of a laser prophylactic iridotomy case by case basis (Yassur et al, 1979;He et al, 2019). Conversely, secondary prevention is directed to unaware affected people.…”

The Hub-and-Spoke Management of Glaucoma

“…In glaucoma, primary prevention consists in making the disease known, as well as its risk factors. For example, subjects with narrow angle and high hypermetropia have an increased risk of developing acute angle-closure glaucoma, therefore it should be assessed whether adequate preventive monitoring of the IOP is necessary and possibly also the execution of a laser prophylactic iridotomy case by case basis (Yassur et al, 1979;He et al, 2019). Conversely, secondary prevention is directed to unaware affected people.…”