title: Ciliary-block glaucoma treated by posterior capsulotomy.
abstract: Ciliary-block glaucoma occurred in one eye of a 65-year-old-male, following a combined trabeculectomy and extracapsular lens extraction for long-standing angle-closure glaucoma. After pupillary block was excluded as a cause, a posterior capsulotomy resolved the condition. This procedure was repeated successfully when a flat anterior chamber recurred on spontaneous closure of the initial capsulotomy. The ciliary block appeared to be caused by the residual zonule and lens capsule.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital University, University Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan.
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authors: Lockie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D014130:Trabeculectomy