Single-pass four-throw pupilloplasty has utility in angle-closure glaucoma

Single-pass four-throw pupilloplasty, or SFT, is a new variant in the arena of existing techniques and procedures for performing pupilloplasty. Angle-closure glaucoma is characterized by narrowing and crowding of the anterior chamber angle as diagnosed on gonioscopy and anterior segment OCT examination, along with optic nerve changes and elevated IOP.
Laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) forms the basis of initial therapy in cases of angle-closure glaucoma, but LPI fails to act in cases with plateau iris syndrome (Figure 1), Urrets-Zavalia syndrome and selected cases of secondary angle closure

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