Pupillary membrane after cataract extraction with posterior chamber lens in glaucoma patients.
Deposition of a fibrin-like material leading to a membrane in the pupillary opening is described in glaucoma patients following extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. The fibrinoid reaction was observed in 4 out of 57 eyes (7%), all operated on within two years by the same surgeon (CTL). The fibrinoid reaction appeared 2 to 15 days postoperatively in glaucoma patients on whom iridoplasty or synechiolysis had been performed during surgery. It seems advisable to give such patients long-acting subconjunctival steroids at the end of the operation.
Geerards
A J
AJ
Department of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Langerhorst
C T
CT
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005337:Fibrin; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes; D008875:Middle Aged; D011680:Pupil; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity
D005337:Fibrin