TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser Trabeculoplasty
T2 - A Prospective Study of Treatment Variables
AU - Lustgarten, Jacqueline
AU - Podos, Steven M.
AU - Ritch, Robert
AU - Fischer, Robert
AU - Stetz, Dean
AU - Zborowski, Lilly
AU - Boas, Richard
PY - 1984/4
Y1 - 1984/4
N2 - Forty-five phakic eyes with openangle glaucoma and uncontrolled intraocular pressure underwent laser trabeculoplasty. Each eye was assigned randomly to one of three treatment groups: group 1, 100 spots over 360°; group 2, 50 spots over 180°; or group 3, 50 spots over 360°. A 50-μm spot was aimed at the anterior meshwork; power and time were varied to achieve a blanch. Forty-four eyes were followed up for at least four weeks without further intervention. The mean IOP before therapy and the initial IOP elevation were similar in all groups. After four weeks, the mean IOP reductions in 15 eyes in group 1, 15 eyes in group 2, and 14 eyes in group 3 were not significantly different. However, significantly more eyes in group 1 demonstrated a greater than 12 mm Hg reduction in IOP than eyes in the other groups. Group 2 tended to have the fewest eyes with reduced medications.
AB - Forty-five phakic eyes with openangle glaucoma and uncontrolled intraocular pressure underwent laser trabeculoplasty. Each eye was assigned randomly to one of three treatment groups: group 1, 100 spots over 360°; group 2, 50 spots over 180°; or group 3, 50 spots over 360°. A 50-μm spot was aimed at the anterior meshwork; power and time were varied to achieve a blanch. Forty-four eyes were followed up for at least four weeks without further intervention. The mean IOP before therapy and the initial IOP elevation were similar in all groups. After four weeks, the mean IOP reductions in 15 eyes in group 1, 15 eyes in group 2, and 14 eyes in group 3 were not significantly different. However, significantly more eyes in group 1 demonstrated a greater than 12 mm Hg reduction in IOP than eyes in the other groups. Group 2 tended to have the fewest eyes with reduced medications.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1984.01040030395009
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1984.01040030395009
M3 - Article
C2 - 6704005
AN - SCOPUS:0021141396
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 102
SP - 517
EP - 519
JO - Archives of Ophthalmology
JF - Archives of Ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -