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Delayed Luxation of a Lens Nucleus After Vitrectomy
Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:1212-1213.
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Accidental lens damage occurs less than 1% of the time during vitrectomy
for diabetic retinopathy and may necessitate concurrent lensectomy.1-2 We report an unusual late complication
of pars plana vitrectomy—delayed luxation of the lens nucleus.
Report of a Case
A 52-year-old man with a 20-year history of diabetes mellitus sought
treatment at the Parkland Memorial Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic, Dallas,
Tex, because of redness and photophobia in the left eye for 3 days. One year
previously, he underwent vitrectomy in the left eye for proliferative diabetic
retinopathy complicated by nonclearing vitreous hemorrhage and neovascular
glaucoma. Four months prior to the current development, he underwent a second
vitrectomy in the same eye for recurrent vitreous hemorrhage. The surgeon
noted no intraoperative complications, including lens touch with the instruments.
On the first day after the second vitrectomy, best-corrected visual acuity
was 20/400 OS, and a new posterior subcapsular cataract was noted.
On examination of the left eye, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Comment
Corresponding author and reprints: Preston H. Blomquist, MD, Department
of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry
Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-9057 (e-mail: preston.blomquist@utsouthwestern.edu).
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