TO ASSESS THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER PARAMETERS USING PENTACAM IN PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE SUSPECTS FOLLOWING PERIPHERAL LASER IRIDOTOMY

MONIKA NETAM; RAJINDER SINGH; SURINDER KAUR; JATIN THUKRAL; HARBIR KAUR; SURMILA MEENA; PAWANDEEP KAUR

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2022.v15i12.45619

Authors

MONIKA NETAM Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
RAJINDER SINGH Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
SURINDER KAUR Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
JATIN THUKRAL Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5779-6650
HARBIR KAUR Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
SURMILA MEENA Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
PAWANDEEP KAUR Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2022.v15i12.45619

Keywords:

Primary Angle Closure Suspects, Laser Peripheral Iridotomy, Pentacam, Glaucoma, Anterior Chamber

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the present study was to study the changes in anterior chamber parameters before and after laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) in primary angle closure suspects (PACS) using pentacam.

Methods: This was a prospective, non-randomized, and interventional study which was conducted on 40 patients of PACS attending the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala. Evaluation of the anterior segment of the eye was done by Pentacam (Oculus) using rotating Scheimpflug imaging technology, before and after LPI.

Results: Following LPI, anterior chamber volume (ACV) increased from 90.13±9.82 mm3 to 105.8±11.5 mm3; anterior chamber angle (ACA) increased from 27.01±3.23 degree to 28.13±2.29 degree. Peripheral anterior chamber depth (PACD) at 4 mm increased significantly in superior, inferior, nasal, and temporal quadrant in all cases.

Conclusion: LPI serves both prophylactic and therapeutic benefit in PACS by increasing the ACV, ACA, and PACD, and thus preventing glaucoma. Pentacam is a useful tool to assess the efficacy of LPI and can guide further course of treatment.

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Author Biographies

RAJINDER SINGH, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India.

JATIN THUKRAL, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.

MBBS student, Batch 2016, Government Medical College and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India.

HARBIR KAUR, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.

MBBS student, Batch 2016, Government Medical College and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India

SURMILA MEENA, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.

PG student, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.

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