Detachment of descemet's membrane with insertion of an intraocular lens.
The complication of Descemet's membrane detaching during cataract surgery is rare. Awareness that this can happen is especially important now that so many intraocular lenses are being implanted. A case is presented where a detachment was not noticed and an intraocular lens stripped Descemet's membrane from the corneal stroma.
D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D003886:Descemet Membrane; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous