Objective: To observe the anterior chamber angle opening distance before and after laser peripheral iris (LPI)
in patients with different clinical types of primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) by using optical coherence
tomography (OCT), and evaluate the effect of the treatment. Methods: Selected 46 cases (50 eyes) of patients
with PACG, including 26 cases (27 eyes) of acute angle closure glaucoma at the preclinical stage and remission
phase of ocular and 20 cases (23 eyes) of chronic angle closure glaucoma, implemented LPI, examined the
anterior chamber angle opening distance at the point of 500 and 750 μm from posterior to the scleral before and
after surgery for 2 weeks by OCT, using a paired t-test. Results: Compared the anterior chamber angle opening
distance before and after surgery for 2 weeks, the difference in patients with acute angle closure glaucoma was
statistically significant (P<0.05), but not statistically significant in patients with chronic angle closure glaucoma
(P>0.05). Conclusion: The opening distance of the anterior chamber angle of the patients with acute angle closure glaucoma after LPI was increased, and the treatment effect was better; but of the patients with chronic
angle closure glaucoma after LPI, the distance was not obviously increased, the tendency of anterior chamber angle
occlusion still existed after LPI.