Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2371-2376 , November 2004

Cataract surgery in sympathetic ophthalmia

,Accepted 20 February 2004.

References 

  1. Liddy L, Stuart J. Sympathetic ophthalmia in Canada. Can J Ophthalmol. 1972;7:157–159
  2. Marak GE. Recent advances in sympathetic ophthalmia. Surv Ophthalmol. 1979;24:141–156
  3. Makley TA, Azar A. Sympathetic ophthalmia; a long-term follow-up. Arch Ophthalmol. 1978;96:257–262
  4. Reynard M, Riffenburgh RS, Maes EF. Effect of corticosteroid treatment and enucleation on the visual prognosis of sympathetic ophthalmia. Am J Ophthalmol. 1983;96:290–294
  5. Hooper PL, Rao NA, Smith RE. Cataract extraction in uveitis patients. Surv Ophthalmol. 1990;35:120–144
  6. Williamson J, Paterson RWW, McGavin DDM, et al.  Posterior subcapsular cataracts and glaucoma associated with long-term oral corticosteroid therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions. Br J Ophthalmol. 1969;53:361–372
  7. Henkind P, Wise GN. Cataract extraction in a sympathizing eye. Am J Ophthalmol. 1974;77:112–114
  8. Reynard M, Minckler DS. Cataract extraction in the sympathizing eye. Arch Ophthalmol. 1983;101:1701–1703
  9. Lam S, Tessler HH, Lam BL, Wilensky JT. High incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia after contact and noncontact neodymium:YAG cyclotherapy. Ophthalmology. 1992;99:1818–1822
  10. Smith RE, Nozik RA. Uveitis; a Clinical Approach to Diagnosis and Management. Baltimore, MD, Williams & Wilkins, 1989; 51–76
  11. Chung Y-M, Yeh T-S. Intraocular lens implantation following extracapsular cataract extraction in uveitis. Ophthalmic Surg. 1990;21:272–276
  12. Foster CS. Cataract surgery in the patient with uveitis. Focal Points, Clinical Modules for Ophthalmologists. American Academy of Ophthalmology. 1994;12(4):
  13. Foster CS, Fong LP, Singh G. Cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation in patients with uveitis. Ophthalmology. 1989;96:281–287 discussion by HJ Kaplan, 287–288
  14. DeAngelis D, Gupta N, Howcroft M, Leznoff A. Cataract extraction by phacoemulsification in a sympathizing eye. Can J Ophthalmol. 2000;35:26–28
  15. Estafanous MFG, Lowder CY, Meisler DM, Chauhan R. Phacoemulsification cataract extraction and posterior chamber lens implantation in patients with uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2001;131:620–625
  16. Suresh PS, Jones NP. Phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in patients with uveitis. Eye. 2001;15:621–628
  17. Meier FM, Tuft SJ, Pavésio CE. Cataract surgery in uveitis. Ophthalmol Clin North Am. 2002;15(3):365–373

☆ None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00418-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.02.091

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2371-2376 , November 2004

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution