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Central Corneal Endothelial Cell Density After Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty
Carol Traverso, MD;
Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD;
Lewis R. Groden, MD;
Gary H. Cassel, MD;
Peter R. Laibson, MD;
George L. Spaeth, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(9):1322-1324.
Abstract
• We report our experience using specular microscopy to perform endothelial cell counts in a series of 16 patients with bilateral, uncontrolled, primary openangle glaucoma undergoing argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT). Trabeculoplasty was performed in 20 eyes of these 16 patients. Untreated fellow eyes in 11 patients were used as controls for this series. Endothelial specular microphotographs and pachymetry were done using a Pocklington specular microscope (Keeler-Konan) before ALT and again approximately one and four months later. The endothelial cell densities were normal in all of the affected eyes before treatment and in the control eyes. No statistically significant differences between the pretreatment and posttreatment cell densities and pachymetry values relative to the controls were observed during the course of this study.
Author Affiliations
From the Cornea (Drs Traverso, Cohen, Groden, and Laibson) and the Glaucoma Services (Dr Spaeth), Wills Eye Hospital; and the Department of Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University Medical College (Dr Cassel), Philadelphia.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 18, 1984.
Reprint requests to Wills Eye Hospital, Ninth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (Dr Cohen).
This investigation was supported in part by grants from the Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley and the Corneal Research Fund, Philadelphia. The overlay grid used to count the cells was provided by the Keeler Co, Broomall, Pa.
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