Trends in the characteristics of acute primary angle closure in Korea over the past 10-years.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the changes in the demographic, clinical, and biometric characteristics of APAC patients in South Korea during the last decade.

Methods

Medical records of patients with APAC who visit the emergency department or the glaucoma clinic of Chonnam National University Hospital, a tertiary referral center in Gwangju, South Korea in 2007 and 2017 were analyzed. Demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment modality were compared between the APAC patients in 2007 and 2017.

Results

The number of patients with APAC increased from 54 in 2007 to 68 in 2017. Female patients in their 60s were most common in both groups and there was no significant difference in IOP, cataract grade, gonioscopic grading, PAS, or optic nerve damage between the two groups

SUBMITTER: Ha JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6785132 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature