THE IMMEDIATE IOP RESPONSE OF ND‐YAG‐LASER IRIDOTOMY AND ITS PROPHYLACTIC TREATABILITY
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 62 (5), 673-680
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1984.tb05794.x
Abstract
The response of IOP in the normotensive human eye to Neodym-YAG-laser iridotomy was investigated in this study. In 2 series of 10 patients, each unilateral laser iridotomy was performed with a YAG-laser prior to cataract surgery. In one group laser iridotomy was done without pre-treatment, in the second group laser iridotomy was preceded by treatment with 1% pilocarpine. Close follow-up of IOP before and after surgery was carried out with the Non-Contact-Tonometer. Laser iridotomy caused average IOP rises of 10 mmHg, which could be identified as early as 20 min after surgery, with a maximum of response after 80 min, and a declining IOP from 100 min post-operatively onwards. Pre-treatment with pilocarpine eyedrops could be reduce the laser-mediated IOP rise to less than one fourth. These results recommend a mild miotic for routine pre-treatment for iris laser surgery in order to cope with acute pressure rise as one of the major problems in these procedures.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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