title: Lens opacity after neodymium: YAG laser iridectomy for phakic intraocular lens implantation.
abstract: We describe a previously unreported complication of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implanted in a phakic eye. The left eye of a 25-year-old patient with high myopia was treated prophylactically with neodymium: YAG (Nd: YAG) laser iridotomy prior to phakic IOL implantation. Slitlamp examination of the left eye disclosed an opacity of the anterior capsule of the crystalline lens under the iridotomy site. This case demonstrates a complication associated with Nd:YAG iridotomy prior to implantation of a phakic IOL.
authors: CODET Instituto de Oftalmologia, Tijuana, Mexico.
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authors: Zadok
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authors: Chayet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity