title: Spontaneous bilateral late-onset Descemet membrane detachment after successful cataract surgery.
abstract: We report the case of a 68-year-old man who developed bilateral Descemet membrane detachment (DMD) 4 weeks after successful cataract surgery and discuss the possible role of an underlying predisposition to DMD. Surgical intervention with gas injection in the anterior chamber resulted in excellent visual acuity restoration in the patient. To our knowledge, this is the first report of spontaneous bilateral DMD in the late postoperative period after cataract extraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany. zisis.gatzioufas@uniklinikumsaarland.de
authors.forename: Zisis
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gatzioufas
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schirra
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Löw
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Berthold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000187:drug effects; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019781:Corneal Topography; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride