title: Case of Late-Onset Fluid-Filled Descemet Membrane Detachment After Cataract Surgery and Its Management Using the Nd: YAG Laser.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of late-onset fluid-filled Descemet membrane detachment (DMD) after cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report with review of literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patient presented with DMD with turbid fluid accumulation, 19 months after cataract surgery. The DMD was successfully treated by draining the fluid into the anterior chamber via openings made in Descemet membrane using Nd:YAG laser (Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet). To our knowledge, this is the first case report of fluid-filled DMD treated with the help of Nd:YAG laser.
authors.affiliation: *Cornea Services and †The Glaucoma Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, India.
authors.forename: Harshal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rathi
authors.forename: Anitha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venugopal
authors.forename: Ramakrishnan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rengappa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001826:Body Fluids; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence