Bilateral Narrow Angle Glaucoma, Plateau Iris Managed with Combined Cataract Extraction, iStent Implant

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  • Jared Staats
  • Anna Bedwell
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A 66-year-old, Vietnamese female presents with gradual, painless vision loss. Intraocular pressures are 52 OD, 32 OS. Workup confirms chronic narrow-angle glaucoma and plateau iris. Treatment is successful with emergent cataract extraction, iStent placement OU.

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تاریخ انتشار 2016