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Cataract surgery and IOP
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We would like to congratulate Issa et al1 on their excellent and, we believe, important paper regarding cataract surgery and intraocular pressure drop.
It has become increasingly obvious to us, in our practice, that many patients do indeed get a significant drop in intraocular pressure (IOP) after phacoemulsification. We now have a substantial number of patients with both acute and chronic angle closure who, following cataract surgery, have been able to come off all …