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Abstract #3543 Published in IGR 4-2
Lensectomy in the management of glaucoma in spherophakia
Willoughby CE; Wishart PKJournal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2002; 28: 1061-1064
A 42-year-old woman presented with uncontrolled glaucoma despite patent peripheral iridotomies after a previous episode of acute angle-closure glaucoma. Spherophakia was diagnosed by anterior segment findings, refraction, A-scan biometry, and ultrasound biomicroscopy. Continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, phacoemulsification, and infusion/aspiration were performed in the right eye. Attempted intraocular lens (IOL) implantation failed, and the eye was left aphakic. Six months later, the intraocular pressure (IOP) was normal without glaucoma therapy and visual acuity was 6/6 with a contact lens. The patient then had phacoemulsification in the left eye, removal of the capsular bag, anterior vitrectomy, and insertion of an anterior chamber IOL. Four months after surgery, the uncorrected visual acuity was 6/9 and the IOP was normal without glaucoma therapy.
Dr. C.E. Willoughby, St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, and Unit of Ophthalmology, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. colinw@liv.ac.uk
Classification:
9.4.4.5 Other (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)
