title: [The vitreous in aphakia].
abstract: The authors have studied the vitreous in 150 aphakic eyes after uneventful operations. They were examined by the slit-lamp and the Goldmann three-mirror glass. Two types of lesions were revealed: (1) 42% showed rupture of the anterior hyaloid membrane; this is not considered dangerous. (2) 69.3% showed posterior detachment of the vitreous, a more serious lesion. It is often associated with retinal lesions such as haemorrhage, pigmentary anomalies, and retinal tears. In view of such lesions, one cannot consider the aphakic patient as a normal subject and aphakia as a physiological condition. The frequency of retinal detachment in the aphakic bears witness to it.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Le vitré dans l'aphakie.