title: Control of chronic simple glaucoma with primary medical, surgical and laser treatment.
abstract: This prospective clinical study comparing laser trabeculoplasty, medical therapy and surgery as the primary therapy for 168 patients with untreated chronic simple glaucoma, showed that the surgical group resulted in the lowest mean intraocular pressures, and was most effective in controlling the diurnal swing of intraocular pressures. Laser trabeculoplasty resulted in a lesser degree of pressure reduction but these patients were more frequently subject to high pressure spikes. Medical therapy was the least effective in lowering pressure.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, High Holborn, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Migdal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hitchings
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D053685:Laser Therapy; D010862:Pilocarpine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D013999:Timolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D010862:Pilocarpine; D013999:Timolol