摘要
AIM:ToobtaininformationontheprevailingpracticepatternsofglaucomaspecialistsinIndia.METHODS:GlaucomaspecialistsattendingtheAnnualConferenceoftheGlaucomaSocietyofIndia(GSI)weresurveyed.Thissurvey,conductedin2013,wasbasedonaninteractiveaudienceresponsesystem.RESULTS:Theinformationwasobtainedfrom146glaucomaspecialists.Approximatelyhalf(n=83;57%)had≥10yofexperienceinmanagingglaucomaandwereininstitutionalpractice(n=74,51%).Goldmannapplanationtonometrywaspreferredby103(72%)specialistswhilstn=25(17.4%)usednon-contacttonometer.Indentationgonioscopywasfavouredbytwo-thirds(n=90,66%)whereasstereoscopicopticdiscexaminationandvisualfieldsusingHumphreyperimeterwasperformedbyamajorityofthespecialistssurveyed(n=115,86%andn=114;83%respectively).Nearlythreequarterspecialists(n=96;72%)preferredopticalcoherencetomographyforimaging.Theprimarychoicefortreatmentofangleclosurediseaseandprimaryopenangleglaucomawaslaser(iridotomy,n=117;93%)andmedicalmanagement(prostaglandinanalogue,n=104;78%),respectively.Approximatelyonlyathirdofthespecialistssurveyed(n=37;28%)wereperformingbothtrabeculectomyandimplantationofaglaucomadrainagedeviceandabouthalf(n=64;47%)werenotoperatingoncongenitalglaucomaatall.CONCLUSION:Thissurveyhasfoundconformancewithpreferredpracticepatternsinseveralareasofdiagnosisandmanagementofglaucoma,buttherewasdiversityinafewareas.TheinformationisasignificantsteptowardsimprovementofglaucomacareinIndia,includingplanningforfuturestrategies.
出版日期
2017年10月20日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
