Surgical identification of posterior lenticonus
| Autor: | Thandalam S. Kalyanasundaram, Michael A. Bearn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Refractive error Visual acuity genetic structures medicine.medical_treatment Eye disease Lens Capsule Crystalline Visual Acuity Emmetropia Vitrectomy Refraction Ocular Intraoperative Period Lens Implantation Intraocular Ophthalmology Myopia medicine Humans Dioptre Aged Nuclear sclerosis Phacoemulsification business.industry medicine.disease eye diseases Sensory Systems Lens Diseases Surgery sense organs medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 28:1069-1070 |
| ISSN: | 0886-3350 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0886-3350(00)00794-x |
| Popis: | A 79-year-old patient was referred for cataract and high myopia. His optometrist noted difficult refraction. Biometry predicted an emmetropic intraocular lens power of +22.0 diopters. During cataract extraction, the typical features of posterior lenticonus were noted. A careful look for posterior lenticonus is suggested in cases in which there is a discrepancy between the biometry and refraction and no significant nuclear sclerosis to account for the high myopia. Surgeons should be aware of dehiscence or thinning of the posterior capsule while doing cataract extraction in these patients. |
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