Modified anterior capsulotomy technique and histopathology of the anterior capsule in cataracts after prolonged exposure to intravitreal silicone oil
Accepted 19 June 2008.
Cataract development is common in phakic eyes after pars plana vitrectomy and exposure to silicone oil. Anterior capsule rigidity is frequently encountered during cataract surgery in these cases. We report a capsulotomy technique to overcome capsule rigidity, as well as the histopathological findings of the anterior capsule after prolonged exposure to silicone oil.
From the Departments of Ophthalmology (Yung, Gao) and Pathology (Bonnin), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; and the Department of Ophthalmology (Oliver), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Corresponding author: Alejandro Oliver, MD, Queen's University Department of Ophthalmology, Hotel Dieu Hospital, 166 Brock Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L 5G2 Canada.
No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
Presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 2005.
Supported in part by a grant from Prevent Blindness Indiana.
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