Intraocular Pressure Reduction after Phacoemulsification: A Matched Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Phacoemulsification has been linked to lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with glaucoma, ocular hypertension, anatomic narrow angles, and in glaucoma suspects, but the magnitude of change has varied.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Participants

Patients with glaucoma treated from June 2010 through May 2015 who underwent phacoemulsification (surgical group) were matched to patients who did not (nonsurgical group) for age, gender, type of glaucoma, baseline IOP, and number and type of glaucoma medications.

Methods

Electronic medical record information was used to compare the matched surgical and nonsurgical groups.

Main outcome measures

Change in IOP, change in number of glaucoma medications, and likelihood of a glaucoma procedure wi

SUBMITTER: Carolan JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8035365 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature