Research Article

Longitudinal Change in Peripheral Anterior Chamber Depth of Eyes with Angle Closure after Laser Iridotomy

Table 1

Patient’s profile.

LI groupPEA + IOL group

Total number of patients4821
Age (years)69.8 ± 8.565.6 ± 12.7
No. of female (%)35 (72.9)10 (47.6)
PAC280
Acute PAC50
CACG150
Extent of PAS (%)13.5 ± 21.80
Initial SPAC grade3.8 ± 1.16.8 ± 1.6§

LI: laser iridotomy, PEA + IOL: phacoemulsification and intraocular lens, PAC: primary angle closure, CACG: chronic angle closure glaucoma, PAS: peripheral anterior synechia, SPAC: scanning peripheral anterior chamber depth analyzer. (chi-squared test), §p < 0.0001 (Mann–Whitney's U test).