title: Combined cataract surgery and vitrectomy for breakthrough vitreous hemorrhage from age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report combined cataract extraction (CE), posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for concurrent cataract and breakthrough vitreous hemorrhage from age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six eyes were included in the study. The postoperative follow-up interval ranged from 3 to 22 months (mean 8 months). Preoperative visual acuity (VA) ranged from 20/400 to hand motion. Postoperatively, 5/6 eyes had 2 or more lines of visual improvement. Three eyes were better than 20/200.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined CE, PCIOL insertion, and PPV in selected patients with cataract and breakthrough vitreous hemorrhage from AMD was successful in improving VA in the majority of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Opthalmology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Nauman A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: Harry W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belfort
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*