Open AccessSingle-pass four-throw pupilloplasty for angle-closure glaucoma
Author(s) -
Priya Narang,
Amar Agarwal,
Dhivya Ashok Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_559_17
Subject(s) - synechia , glaucoma , anterior chamber angle , closure (psychology) , iris (biosensor) , ophthalmology , intraocular pressure , medicine , computer science , market economy , computer security , biometrics , economics
Angle-closure glaucoma is characterized by appositional or synechial closure of the anterior chamber angle with glaucomatous field defects that may or may not be associated with a pupillary block. Surgical pupilloplasty with single-pass four-throw technique helps to alleviate the appositional closure along with the breakage of peripheral anterior synechia, thereby increasing the aqueous outflow and decreasing intraocular pressure.