Declining laser peripheral iridotomy for angle closure alongside rising cataract surgeries: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea.

PLoS One · 2026 · PMC12923034 · PMID 41719362

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.156not close (p > 0.1)

The data suggested a trend of a negative correlation between the annual numbers of cataract surgeries and LPIs, but this correlation did not reach statistical significance (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient [ r ] = −0.657, P = 0.156).

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