Posters
Intraocular pressure changes during Ziemer LDV Z8 femtosecond laser pretreatment between eyes with primary angle closure disease and normal eyes
Poster Details
First Author: Z.Yap SINGAPORE
Co Author(s): W. Chong T. Wong
Abstract Details
Purpose:
Hypothesis: Intraocular pressure (IOP) in primary angle closure/glaucoma patients increases more than those without glaucoma during femtosecond laser pre-treatment of cataract but that there will be no long term sequelae (i.e. optic nerve head damage).
Specific objectives: Quantify and compare changes in IOP during Ziemer LDV Z8 FLACS pre-treatment of cataract between primary angle closure disease (PACD) and normal eyes.
Setting:
Singapore National Eye Centre
Methods:
Patients with clinically stable PACD who had undergone laser peripheral iridotomies and normal patients underwent FLACS. Pre-treatment was performed using a fluid filled optical docking system (Ziemer ZDVZ8). With the patient supine, the IOP was measured at 3time points using an applanation tonometer (Tonopen, Reichert-Jung, Depew, NY, USA) prior to administration of suction, with the suction from the platform on and 1 minute after laser pre-treatment. Optical coherence tomography and Humphrey visual fields were also performed pre and post operatively at specified time points
Results:
There were 41 eyes of which 53.7% had PACD. The mean age of the patients was 71.1 years ± 6.4 (SD) (range 59 to 86 years). The mean baseline IOP was 18.0mm Hg ± 2.2 (SD) in PACD eyes and 16.0± 5.2 mm Hg in normal eyes (P = .08). In PACD eyes, the mean IOP before, during and after suction was 21.1 ± 5.3 mm Hg (range 12 to 37 mm Hg), 79.1 ± 14.9 mm Hg (range 42 to 89 mm Hg) and 18.5 ± 5.9 (range 8 to 33 mmHg) respectively. In normal eyes, the mean IOP before, during and after suction was 18.9 ± 1.4 mm Hg (range 17 to 21mmHg), 71.9 ± 13.0 mm Hg (range 45 to 86 mm Hg) and 15.9 ± 4.0 (range 10 to 21 mmHg) respectively. Between the 2 groups, the mean difference in IOP before and during suction was 5.0 ± 3.9 mm Hg (P<.01, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). The mean difference between IOP during and after suction was -3.7 ± 1.9 mm Hg (P<.01, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). The mean suction duration was 203 ± 16 seconds (range 175 to 235 seconds). The HVF for PACD patients preoperatively had a mean MD of -5.6 ± 4.5 and mean PSD of 2.5 ± 1.2. 6 months post operatively, the mean MD was -2.5 ±2.5 and mean PSD of 3.0 ± 3.2 (P=0.4)
Conclusions:
Femtosecond pretreatment caused a slightly greater transient rise in IOP in PACD eyes compared to normal eyes during and after vacuum application. This was well tolerated in the short term with functional tests showing no significant damage. However, long term implications for angle closure eyes are still unknown.
Financial Disclosure:
None