Phacoemulsification in total white cataract with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Cataract surgery with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (S-J) is associated with a high incidence of complications and can worsen the primary disease. We report a case of phacoemulsification of a total, white cataract barely visible through the vascularized, keratinized cornea in the only seeing eye of a patient with S-J syndrome. We describe the intra-operative difficulties encountered during phacoemulsification and the surgical tools and techniques employed to overcome the surgical difficulties. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient regained useful, navigational vision.
Vasavada
Abhay R
AR
Iladevi Cataract and IOL Research Centre, Raghudeep Eye Clinic, Gurukul Road, Memnagar, Ahmedabad, India. shailad1@sancharnet.in
Dholakia
Sheena A
SA
D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014792:Visual Acuity