Increases in rates of both laser peripheral iridotomy and phacoemulsification have accompanied a fall in acute angle closure rates in the UK

Br J Ophthalmol. 2011 Sep;95(9):1339-40. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300255. Epub 2011 May 10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Cataract / complications
  • Cataract / epidemiology
  • Filtering Surgery / statistics & numerical data*
  • Filtering Surgery / trends
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / complications
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / epidemiology*
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iris / surgery*
  • Morbidity / trends
  • Phacoemulsification / statistics & numerical data*
  • Phacoemulsification / trends
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology