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LPI: There’s No Harm in Waiting and Observing
Shan Lin, MD Professor Director, Glaucoma Service
- Dept. of Ophthalmology
UCSF School of Medicine
Koret Vision Center UCSF Medical School
Financial Interest Disclosure
- Research Affiliation
- Allergan, Inc.
- Memantine Study
- National Eye Institute
- OHTS study
- Carl Zeiss Meditec
- Visante OCT study
- Genentech
- Lucentis/Ahmed valve
study
- Advisory Boards
- Allergan
- Iridex
LPI for PACS
- Why you shouldn’t do LPI
- NO evidence LPI reduces risk for glaucoma
- Natural history of PACS mostly benign
- May cause significant side effects
- Later Phaco obviates the need for LPI
Angle Closure Disease
- Primary Angle Closure Suspect (PACS)
- Occludable angle
- No PAS
- Primary Angle Closure (PAC)
- Occludable angle
- PAS +/- OHTN
- Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG)
- Angle closure
- Optic nerve +/- VF damage