title: Sudden visual loss after uneventful cataract surgery: Snuff syndrome.
abstract: We describe a case in which the patient had routine, uneventful cataract surgery and developed snuff syndrome on day 1 postoperatively. The patient had pseudoexfoliation syndrome and normal intraocular pressure that was well controlled by timolol and previous laser trabeculoplasty. Although the visual result had been good after surgery in the first (right) eye with a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 6/5, this adverse event, which decreased the BCVA in the left eye from 6/24 preoperatively to hand movements postoperatively, was unexpected. Systemic evaluation failed to identify a specific cause. Data were collected prospectively on 1000 subsequent, consecutive cases of cataract surgery, but we were unable to find pathogenetic data on this occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Chatswood New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Ju-Lee
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: Ian C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Shanel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Daya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papalkar
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Stella L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: R Steve
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D017889:Exfoliation Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D013577:Syndrome; D014792:Visual Acuity