The Effect of Phacoemulsification on Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma Patients: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

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To examine effects of phacoemulsification on longer-term intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with medically treated primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG; including normal-tension glaucoma), pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PXG), or primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG), without prior or concurrent incisional glaucoma surgery.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ophthalmology

Title: Ophthalmology

ISSN (Electronic): 1549-4713

ISSN (Print): 0161-6420

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2015

Volume: 122

Issue: 7

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[1 ] Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

[2 ] Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

[3 ] Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami; Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida.

[4 ] Glaucoma Center of San Francisco; Glaucoma Research and Education Group, San Francisco, California.

[5 ] Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

[6 ] Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Glaucoma Service, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Publisher Item ID: S0161-6420(15)00288-2

DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.03.021

PubMed ID: 25943711

SO-VID: d5f78f24-7bac-4aa6-bd99-f56e22998b05

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