title: Exposure keratopathy following phacoemulsification under local anaesthesia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Report a series of patients with exposure keratopathy following phacoemulsification under local anaesthesia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case series.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four patients were found to have exposure keratopathy within hours after surgery resulting in a visit to the casualty on the day of surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One should anticipate the possibility of lagophthalmos and assess the blink reflex at the end of surgery. If the reflex is poor, patching the eye or taping the lids should be undertaken to prevent this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom. sdinakaran@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dinakaran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*