ABSTRACT
The authors review the literature published between October 1990 and September 1991 on laser treatment of glaucoma. In particular, they assess their experience and that of other authors regarding both the various types of laser (argon, neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet, diode, pulsed dye, and excimer) and the application techniques (iridotomy, goniotomy, gonioplasty, trabeculoplasty, trabeculopuncture, transpupillary cyclophotocoagulation, transscleral cyclophotocoagulation, sclerostomy, suture lysis, and trabecular ablation) for the parasurgical treatment of glaucoma.
Subject(s)
Glaucoma/surgery , Laser Therapy/methods , Humans , Iris/surgery , Light Coagulation , Sclerostomy/methods , Trabeculectomy/methodsSubject(s)
Glaucoma/surgery , Microsurgery , Neovascularization, Pathologic/surgery , Drainage/methods , Eye Diseases/complications , Glaucoma/pathology , Glaucoma/physiopathology , Humans , Intraocular Pressure , Microsurgery/methods , Neovascularization, Pathologic/etiology , Neovascularization, Pathologic/physiopathology , Preoperative Care , Prostheses and ImplantsABSTRACT
Peculiar psychic reactivity of glaucomatous patients detected clinically and widely treated in the literature, has led us to study the behaviour of intraocular pressure in normal and glaucomatous subjects when submitted to various stresses. The data obtained show that prolonged stress increases intraocular pressure in normal subjects, unlike shorter stress which only causes an increase of intraocular pressure in glaucomatous patients. The possible genesis of the phenomenon is discussed.
