Patients who self-identified as having Black race experienced greater intraocular pressure elevation and iritis following the glaucoma procedure than other groups.
Patients who are Black, men, or older than 80 were less likely to have been diagnosed with anatomically narrow angles prior to developing primary angle closure glaucoma, a study shows.
Using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), researchers point to 2 parameters that most reliably determine pupillary block vs. plateau iris configuration.
A case study shows that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect the conjunctiva, iris, and trabecular meshwork, using specimen samples from a recently recovered COVID-19 patient undergoing ocular surgery.