Assessment of Iridotrabecular Contact and Its Association With Intraocular Pressure After Phacoemulsification in Primary Angle Closure.

PURPOSE

To investigate the association between the quantitative assessment of iridotrabecular contact (ITC), measured by swept-source anterior segment optical coherence tomography (SS AS-OCT), and intraocular pressure (IOP) control after phacoemulsification in patients with primary angle closure disease (PACD).

DESIGN

Retrospective, clinical cohort study.

METHODS

Preoperative and postoperative anterior chamber angle parameters were measured using SS AS-OCT. IOP was measured preoperatively and until 6 months postoperatively. Percent IOP reduction and fluctuation after surgery were calculated, and their relationships with SS AS-OCT parameters were assessed by correlation analyses and locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOWESS) regression with change-point analysis.

RESULTS

A total of 51 eyes of 51 PACD patients were included. Preoperative ITC index and area (r = 0.626, r = 0.551), as well as changes in ITC index and area (r = 0.632, r = 0.543) after surgery, were significantly correlated with postoperative IOP reduction, after adjusting for age and gender (all P <.001). Higher postoperative ITC index (r = 0.405, P = .005) and ITC area (r = 0.460, P = 0.001) were associated with greater postoperative IOP fluctuations. Change points on LOWESS curves were observed for preoperative ITC index (33.0%) and change in ITC index (27.0%) and percent IOP reductions were significantly correlated with them above (β = 0.386, β = 0.664, all P < .001) but not below the change points.

CONCLUSIONS

Quantitative assessment of circumferential ITC can predict postoperative IOP control after phacoemulsification, and thus it may be used as a reference for determining lens extraction in PACD eyes.