title: Femtosecond laser-assisted capsulotomy after penetrating injury of the cornea and lens capsule.
abstract: We present a 39-year-old patient with a penetrating injury of the cornea and anterior lens capsule containing an intralenticular foreign body. One week after the accident, the patient consulted our emergency unit. Clinical examination showed no Seidel II phenomenon. A femtosecond laser-assisted capsulotomy was performed followed by lens removal and intraocular lens implantation. The capsulotomy diameter was increased to 6.7 mm to include the foreign-body area and the break in the anterior capsule. The procedure was uneventful, and the capsule leaf, including the foreign body, was extracted safely.
authors.affiliation: From the Institute for Vision Science (Conrad-Hengerer, Dick, Schultz), Ruhr University Eye Clinic, Bochum and Goethe University Eye Clinic (Hengerer), Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic address: ina.conrad-hengerer@kk-bochum.de.
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Conrad-Hengerer
authors.affiliation: From the Institute for Vision Science (Conrad-Hengerer, Dick, Schultz), Ruhr University Eye Clinic, Bochum and Goethe University Eye Clinic (Hengerer), Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: H Burkhard
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.affiliation: From the Institute for Vision Science (Conrad-Hengerer, Dick, Schultz), Ruhr University Eye Clinic, Bochum and Goethe University Eye Clinic (Hengerer), Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.affiliation: From the Institute for Vision Science (Conrad-Hengerer, Dick, Schultz), Ruhr University Eye Clinic, Bochum and Goethe University Eye Clinic (Hengerer), Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Fritz H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Hengerer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057866:Anterior Capsule of the Lens / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D064727:Posterior Capsulotomy; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology