Diode laser cyclophotocoagulation for nanophthalmic chronic angle closure glaucoma.

PURPOSE: To retrospectively evaluate the results of diode laser cyclophotocoagulation (CPC) in patients with nanophthalmos.

METHODS

The data on all bilaterally nanophthalmic patients who underwent diode laser CPC in our department between 2004 and 2012 were retrieved and evaluated.

RESULTS

Four patients fulfilled study entry criteria. All 4 were females aged 58, 62, 68, and 74 years. The mean preoperative intraocular pressure of 46±5.7 mm Hg dropped to 16.2±1.5 mm Hg at the final follow-up visit (43.5±16 mo). Visual acuity did not change in 2 patients and slightly worsened in the other 2. Choroidal detachment was observed in all patients between 7 and 14 days after the procedure and lasted for 1 to 2 months, resolving spontaneously in 2 patients and following systemic steroid treatment in the other 2.

CONCLUSIONS

Diode laser CPC was an effective treatment for patients with glaucoma secondary to nanophthalmos.