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dc.title | Inferior Corneal Decompensation Following Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in the Superior Iris | |
dc.contributor.author | Lim, L.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, C.-L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ang, L.P.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aung, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, D.T.H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-26T09:05:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-26T09:05:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lim, L.S., Ho, C.-L., Ang, L.P.K., Aung, T., Tan, D.T.H. (2006). Inferior Corneal Decompensation Following Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in the Superior Iris. American Journal of Ophthalmology 142 (1) : 166-168. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00029394 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/26532 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: To describe a previously unreported clinical entity of inferior corneal decompensation occurring as a long-term complication of superior laser peripheral iridotomy. Design: Retrospective, noncomparative observational case series. Methods: Chart review of 14 subjects (16 eyes) with inferior corneal decompensation. Results: All patients were Chinese, most were females (71.4%), and the mean age was 69.5 ± 8.1 year. The mean interval from iridotomy to the onset of inferior corneal decompensation was 66.1 ± 34.0 months. The most common indication for laser iridotomy was for prophylaxis, either in the fellow eye of acute angle closure (43.8%) or for occludable angles (12.5%). Conclusions: Corneal decompensation in the inferior part of the cornea at a site remote from the iridotomy is a rare but important complication of laser iridotomy. Because many of the laser iridotomies were performed prophylactically in eyes without glaucoma, patients may need to be warned of this risk. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2006.01.070 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | OPHTHALMOLOGY | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | American Journal of Ophthalmology | |
dc.description.volume | 142 | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.page | 166-168 | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000239079100029 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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