Nationwide Incidence of Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma in Korea from 2011 to 2015.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Despite the significant disease burden, there is a paucity of data addressing the population-based incidence of acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG). Therefore, we estimated the nationwide, population-based standardized incidence rate of AACG in Korea. METHODS:We conducted a nationwide, population-based, retrospective study using the database of National Health Insurance (NHI) system, which includes the entire Korean population (approximately 50 million people) from 2009 to 2015. We identified patients with incident AACG during the 5-year study period from 2011 to 2015 based on their diagnosis and AACG-related treatments (laser iridotomy and cataract surgery), and estimated age- and gender-standardized incidence rate of AACG during the study period. RESULTS:We identified 11,049 p

SUBMITTER: Park SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6911871 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature