Swept-source optical coherence tomography assessment of Schlemm's canal after phacoemulsification with goniosynechialysis in Chinese patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. However, the features of the morphology of Schlemm's canal (SC) in PACG eyes after phacoemulsification with goniosynechialysis (phaco-GSL) surgery are still unknown. This study aimed to evaluate changes in the SC in Chinese patients with PACG after phaco-GSL using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT).

Methods

In this prospective, cross-sectional study, 70 patients with PACG [of whom 35 had acute primary angle-closure glaucoma (APACG) and 35 had chronic primary angle-closure glaucoma (CPACG)] who were scheduled to undergo phaco-GSL surgery were recruited from the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital of Fudan University from December 2021 to December 2022. The

SUBMITTER: Huang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11651990 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature