Impact of laser iridotomy on headache symptoms in angle-closure subjects
In: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, Jg. 258 (2019-12-21), Heft 8
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Migraine symptoms are frequently referred by glaucoma patients. Although most studies analyze headache in the acute setting of angle closure, many patients with chronic occludable angles also complain of headaches. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) on the magnitude and frequency of headache symptoms in patients with occludable angles. Prospective cohort study. Patients with indication for prophylactic LPI due to occludable iridocorneal angle were included. Headache symptoms were assessed before and at least 4 weeks after LPI using the Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6) questionnaire. A HIT-6 score of ≥ 50 points was labeled as a clinically significant headache. Thirty-one subjects were included. Prophylactic LPI was performed in 60 eyes, as 2 patients were pseudophakic in the fellow eye. Baseline HIT-6 score was 59.9 ± 11.8, with over three quarters of these patients scoring higher than 50 points (n = 24). A statistically significant reduction in HIT-6 score was found after LPI treatment (45.4 ± 7.7, p
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Impact of laser iridotomy on headache symptoms in angle-closure subjects
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Nuno Pinto Ferreira ; Luís Abegão Pinto ; Filipa Caiado Sousa ; Rafael Correia Barão ; Raquel Esteves Marques ; Filipa Jorge Teixeira |
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Zeitschrift: | Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, Jg. 258 (2019-12-21), Heft 8 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2019 |
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ISSN: | 1435-702X (print) |
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