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Bilateral angle closure glaucoma following general anaesthesia

2015; Medknow; Volume: 7; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/0975-7406.155809

0976-4879

PArun Subhash Reddy, KMohan Raj, VikramChella Kumar,

Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders

Angle closure glaucoma is one of the ophthalmic emergencies and treatment has to be given at the earliest. It is a rare complication of general anesthesia. A female patient underwent Hysterectomy under general anesthesia. Following this, patient developed bilateral angle closure glaucoma. This patient was treated with antiglaucoma medications followed by YAG laser iridotomy and patient regained vision.