Exposure keratitis following cataract surgery on the fellow eye.
Two patients developed exposure keratitis in the nonoperated eye during intraocular surgery under local anesthesia. These cases demonstrate that potentially serious injuries may occur to the fellow eye even with the use of local anesthesia and that special precautions should be taken to avoid this problem.
Faris
D A
DA
Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
O'Day
D M
DM
D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications