Journal article
Retained nuclei after cataract surgery
Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), Vol.99(1), pp.41-44
01/1992
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(92)32003-2
PMID: 1741137
Abstract
The authors reviewed the medical records of 36 patients in whom the nucleus or nuclear fragments were retained in the eye after cataract surgery. In 4 patients, there was no further surgery, and visual acuity deteriorated to counting fingers or worse (mean follow-up time, 14 months). Thirty-two patients underwent vitrectomy to remove the retained, unencapsulated nuclear material. Sixty percent (6 of 10) of patients in whom vitrectomy was performed after 3 weeks had chronic glaucoma on long-term follow-up, whereas this complication developed in only 18% (4 of 22) of patients in whom vitrectomy was performed in less than 3 weeks. Sixty-three percent (21 of 32) of vitrectomy patients had final visual acuity of 20/200 or better after removal of the retained nuclear fragments. The causes of the poorest visual outcome (less than 20/200) included 1 or more of the following: corneal decompensation, chronic inflammation, chronic glaucoma with optic atrophy, and retinal detachment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Retained nuclei after cataract surgery
- Creators
- Barbara A Blodi - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, FL 33101Harry W Flynn JrChristopher F BlodiJames C FolkMark J Daily
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), Vol.99(1), pp.41-44
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0161-6420(92)32003-2
- PMID
- 1741137
- ISSN
- 0161-6420
- eISSN
- 1549-4713
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1992
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983980297802771
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