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Abstract #19220 Published in IGR 3-1

Ultrasound biomicroscopy of chronic hypotony after cataract extraction

Machemer HF; Roters S
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2001; 27: 327-329


Ultrasound biomicroscopy was performed with a UBM 840 (Zeiss-Humphrey) equipped with a 50 MHz probe on a patient with chronic hypotony one year after cataract surgery by phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in the capsular bag. This sonographic technique, which provides high-resolution imaging of the anterior segment, showed aqueous humor leakage through the former scleral tunnel incision. Ultrasound biomicroscopy helped to detect this patient's postoperative complication and is a good tool for diagnostic procedures in patients with chronic hypotony.

Dr H.F. Machemer, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany


Classification:

12.12.3 Phacoemulsification (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.12 Cataract extraction)



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