Vitreous wick syndrome following discission of the posterior capsule
J. H. Sheets and J. G. Friedberg
Discission of the posterior capsule frequently is performed by surgeons
doing extracapsular cataract extraction and phacoemulsification. Two cases
of the vitreous wick syndrome were noted six days and two weeks,
respectively, after discission of the posterior capsule, and immediate
surgical repair was done. It is important to be aware of the vitreous wick
syndrome as a complication of posterior capsule discission because prompt
diagnosis and surgical repair may prevent the development of bacterial
endophthalmitis or epithelial downgrowth.
