Primary angle closure glaucoma, cataract
Conditions
Interventions
case series:None
Sponsors
Research Office, Health Bureau
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of PACG; 2. Presence of visually significant cataract, i.e. nuclear sclerosis, cortical cataract, or sub-capsular cataract; visual acuity 20/40 or worse, and affecting activities of daily living; 3. Able and willing to give informed consent to phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation; 4. Older than 18 years of age.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. History of previous filtration surgery/ cycloablation/ vitreoretinal surgery/ laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis; 2. Secondary glaucoma (e.g. uveitic glaucoma/ neovascular glaucoma/ pseudoexfoliation syndrome/ pigmentary glaucoma/ iridocorneal endothelial syndrome); 3. Patients receiving systemic/ topical/ inhaled steroid; 4. Unable to cooperate with examinations such as optical coherence tomography (OCT)/ visual field (VF)/ ASOCT/ IOLMaster; 5. Patients who refuse cataract extraction.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| IOP measurements;Number of glaucoma medications;Need of further IOP-lowering surgeries after the lens extraction surgery; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anterior segment anatomical parameters; | — |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Public ContactProf Tham Chee Yung Clement
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed