title: Vitreous hemorrhage after trabeculotomy in aphakic eyes.
abstract: Angle surgery is often performed for pediatric glaucomas. Here we report visually significant hyphema and "spill-over" vitreous hemorrhage after trabeculotomy performed for aphakic glaucoma. Vitrectomy was necessary to remove the persistent vitreous blood in 2 of the 3 cases. We suspect this risk may be greater in aphakic eyes and propose measures to minimize this potentially amblyogenic complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA. bothu003@umn.edu
authors.forename: Erick D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Bothun
authors.forename: Sylvia L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Groth
authors.forename: Sharon F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Freedman
mesh_terms: D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery