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Gonioscopy: Why Do Indentation?

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The Van Herick method of estimating peripheral anterior chamber depth does not replace gonioscopy. Plateau iris with angle-closure may be missed completely.

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Acknowledgements

With grateful appreciation to friend and mentor, Vicente Jocson, M.D. for teaching gonioscopy. Anterior segment drawings by Miss Annaick Peron.

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  1. Ophthalmology Center of Trocadero, 45 Rue Vineuse, Paris, 75016, France

    Howard Cohn & Yves Lachkar

  2. Hôpital Saint Joseph Paris, 185 rue Raymond Losserand, Paris, 75014, France

    Yves Lachkar

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  1. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Veterans Health Administration of Greater Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Veterans Health Administration of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    JoAnn A. Giaconi

  2. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Simon K. Law

  3. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

  4. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Anne L. Coleman

  5. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Joseph Caprioli

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Cohn, H., Lachkar, Y. (2016). Gonioscopy: Why Do Indentation?. In: Giaconi, J., Law, S., Nouri-Mahdavi, K., Coleman, A., Caprioli, J. (eds) Pearls of Glaucoma Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49042-6_14

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