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Association of International Glaucoma Societies
Angle Closure and
Angle Closure Glaucoma
Robert N. Weinreb and David S. Friedman
Kugler Publications, The Hague, The Netherlands
Consensus Series - 3
Kugler Publications, The Hague, The Netherlands
Angle Closure and Angle Closure Glaucoma
Robert N. Weinreb and David S. Friedman
Glaucoma Surgery-Consensus Series - 3 12-10-2006 11:50 Pagina 1
ANGLE CLOSURE AND
ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
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ANGLE CLOSURE AND
ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
Reports and Consensus Statements of the
3rd Global AIGS Consensus Meeting on
Angle Closure Glaucoma
edited by
Robert N. Weinreb
and
David S. Friedman
Kugler Publications/The Hague/The Netherlands
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ISBN 10: 90-6299-210-2
ISBN 13: 978-90-6299-210-2
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vContents
This publication is the third
of a series on
Consensus meetings in Glaucoma
under the auspices of the
Assocation of
International Glaucoma Societies
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vi Contents
Angle Closure and Angle Closure Glaucoma Consensus Meeting Participants. Fort Lauderdale, May 3, 2006.
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viiFaculty
FACULTY
Planning Committee

Tin Aung (co-chair), Singapore
Paul Foster (co-chair), UK
David S. Friedman (co-chair), USA
Robert N. Weinreb (chair), USA
Consensus Development Panel
Makoto Araie, Japan
Tin Aung, Singapore
Paul Foster, UK
David S. Friedman, USA
Ivan Goldberg, Australia
Daniel Grigera, Argentina
Jeffrey Liebmann, USA
Ravi Thomas, India
Robert N. Weinreb, USA
Participants
Poul Helge Alsbirk, Norway
Mario Aquino, Philippines
Makoto Araie, Japan
Somkiat Asawaphureekorn, Thailand
Augusto Azuara Blanco, UK
Yaniv Barkana, Israel
Andreas Boehm, Germany
Alain Bron, France
Don Budenz, USA
Roberto Carassa, Italy
Robert Casson, Australia
GC Chandrasekhar, India
Paul Chew, Singapore
Anne Coleman, USA
Nathan Congdon, USA

Jonathan Crowston, Australia
Ataya Euswas, Thailand
Seng Kheong Fang, Malaysia
David Garway Heath, UK
Gus Gazzard, UK
Jian Ge, China
Ronnie George, India
Christopher Girkin, USA
Ivan Goldberg, Australia
David Greenfield, USA
Franz Grehn, Germany
Erik Greve, NL
Daniel Grigera, Argentina
Mingguang He, China
Paul Healey, Australia
Roger Hitchings, UK
Por Hung, Taiwan
Aiko Iwase, Japan
Aliza Jap, Singapore
Jost Jonas, Germany
Kenji Kashiwagi, Japan
Peng Khaw, UK
Theodore Krupin, USA
Young Kwon, USA
Jimmy Lai, Hongkong
Dennis Lam, Hongkong
Hans Lemij, NL
Jeffrey Liebmann, USA
Arthur Lim, Singapore
Lance Liu, Australia

Da Lu
Baskaran Mani, India
Felipe Medeiros, USA
Winnifred Nolan, UK
Francis Oen, Singapore
Maria Papadopoulos, UK
Ki Ho Park, Korea
Harry Quigley, USA
Ropilah Rahman, Philippines
Serge Resnikoff, USA
Robert Ritch, USA
Prin RojanaPongpun, Thailand
Lisandro Sakata, USA
John Salmon, UK
Steve Seah, Singapore
Jovina See, Singapore
Peter Shah, UK
Ramanjit Sihota, India
Kuldev Singh, USA
Gregory Skuta, USA
Scott Smith, USA
Boon Song
George Spaeth, USA
Remo Susanna, Brazil
Visni Tantisevi, India
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viii Faculty
Chaiwat Teekhasaenee, Thailand
Clement Tham, Hongkong
Ravi Thomas, India

John Thygesen, Denmark
Goji Tomita, Japan
Carlo Traverso, Italy
Lingam Vijaya, India
Martin Wand, USA
Ningli Wang, China
Tsing Hong Wang, Taiwan
Tony Wells, New Zealand
Tetsua Yamamoto, Japan
Jennifer Yip, Singapore
Liang Yuanbo, China
Jialiang Zhao, China
Glaucoma Societies / Sections of the following countries and regions have
agreed to review this report:
America, Argentina, Asian-Oceania, Australia and New Zealand, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Egypt, Europe, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Latin-America, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pan American, Pan
Arab African, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and
Montenegro, South Africa, South East Asia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan,
Turkey, UK and Eire, Ukrainia, Glaucoma Research Society, Optometric Glaucoma
Society, International Society for Glaucoma Surgery.
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ixFaculty
CONTENTS
Foreword, Robert N. Weinreb and Erik L. Greve xi
Preface, David S. Friedman, Paul Foster, Tin Aung and
Robert N. Weinreb xiii
Epidemiology, Classification and Mechanism
Co-chairs: Paul Foster, Mingguang He, Jeffrey Liebmann 1

Management of Acute Angle Closure Crisis
Co-chairs: Harry Quigley, Tetsua Yamamoto 21
Surgical Management of Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma
Co-chairs: Tin Aung, Prin RojanaPongpun, John Salmon 27
Laser and medical treatment of Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma
Co-chairs: Robert Ritch, Winnie Nolan, Dennis Lam 37
Detection of Primary Angle Closure and Angle Closure Glaucoma
Co-chairs: David S. Friedman, Ravi Thomas, Poule Helge Alsbirk,
Gus Gazzard 55
Appendix A: Development of the Anterior Chamber
Lance Liu (MBBS, FRANZCO) 65
Appendix B: Ultrasound Biomicroscopy
Jeffrey Liebmann 71
Appendix C: Devices for Screening for Angle Closure
M. Baskaran 73
Appendix D: Cost Effectiveness (CEA) of Screening for Primary
Angle-Closure Glaucoma
Augusto Azuara Blanco and Jennifer Yip 75
Glossary 97
Index of Authors 98
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x Faculty
Erik L. Greve Robert N. Weinreb
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