Cataract surgery lowers IOP in patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma

In patients with narrow angles and chronic angle-closure glaucoma, cataract surgery was shown to reduce IOP, according to study findings.The retrospective case series included 83 eyes of 56 patients with narrow angles or chronic angle-closure glaucoma who underwent cataract surgery. Through a review of patients’ charts, researchers recorded preoperative and postoperative IOP, axial length and anterior chamber depth, and eyes were stratified into four groups based on preoperative IOP.