Lens Extraction for Angle-Closure Glaucoma

摘要: Angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) is a growing problem and represents significant proportion of glaucomas in Inuit, Chinese, other Asian populations. Accurate timely diagnosis ACG essential to its successful management. While clinical examination remains critical linchpin proper recognition diagnosis, adjunctive imaging also great utility. This chapter reviews the classification mechanism disease as well focus on treatment lens-mediated angle closure. Unique considerations for lens extraction angle-closure eye are reviewed including stabilization anterior chamber, pupil management, zonular laxity strategies, disassembly techniques, IOL choices addressed procedures which may be performed address differing mechanisms severity ACG. Finally, these eyes more prone malignant glaucoma, surgical management this condition addressed.