Clinical Study
Clinical Outcomes of Peripheral Iridotomy in Patients with the Spectrum of Chronic Primary Angle Closure
Table 5
Mean and standard deviation of IOP and number of medications at the scheduled followup visits‡.
| Visit | IOP | Number of medications | PACS | CPAC | CPACG | PACS | CPAC | CPACG |
| Pre-PI | 16.0 ± 3.0 () | 22.0 ± 5.7 () | 21.6 ± 6.7 () | 0.0 ± 0.0 1.0 () | 0.8 ± 0.7 () | 1.5 ± 1.2 () | 6 months | 16.0 ± 3.4 () | 18.6 ± 4.7* () | 18.7 ± 7.4 () | 0.06 ± 0.25 () | 0.68 ± 0.80 () | 0.80 ± 0.63 () | 12 months | 15.3 ± 3.9 () | 19.0 ± 5.7* () | 17.7 ± 6.3 () | 0.11 ± 0.32 () | 0.77 ± 0.92 () | 1.18 ± 1.17 () | 24 months | 16.9 ± 5.5 () | 19.0 ± 4.0* () | 16.9 ± 5.6 () | 0.07 ± 0.26 () | 0.74 ± 0.73 () | 1.70 ± 1.16 () | 36 months | 15.3 ± 2.4 () | 16.4 ± 3.1* () | 19.8 ± 5.7 () | 0.23 ± 0.44 () | 0.90 ± 0.74 () | 1.50 ± 1.60 () | 48 months | 15.2 ± 3.7 () | 19.4 ± 3.9 () | 15.8 ± 3.6 () | 0.00 ± 0.00 () | 1.00 ± 0.82 () | 1.80 ± 1.10 () | 60 months | 14.0 ± 6.1 () | 18.3 ± 3.0* () | 15.0 () | 0.00 ± 0.00 () | 1.30 ± 0.95 () | 3 () |
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IOP: intraocular pressure; PI: peripheral iridotomy; PACS: primary angle closure suspect; CPAC: chronic primary angle closure; CPACG: chronic primary angle closure glaucoma. Before any surgical treatment. Significantly different from baseline using paired -test.
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