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Survey of Ophthalmology

Volume 41, Issue 1, July–August 1996, Pages 31-32
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Should patients with anatomically narrow angles have prophylactic iridectomy?: I. Narrow angles accompanied by slit-lamp and gonioscopic evidence of risk are indications for prophylactic laser iridectomy

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Abstract

In this set of articles, the authors outline methods and criteria for determining which patients with anatomically narrow angles should have laser iridectomy to prevent acute angle-closure glaucoma.

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