title: Bilateral blindness in a monocular patient after cataract surgery.
abstract: We present the case of a 74-year-old monocular man who went blind in his sighted eye from complications of exudative age-related macular degeneration several months after cataract surgery. He is now bilaterally blind.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-7002, USA.
authors.forename: Andrés A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015349:Vision, Monocular; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy