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Pupillary block after phakic anterior chamber intraocular lens implantation
Navid Ardjomand1, Heimo Kölli, Bertram Vidic
1Department of Ophthalmology, Karl Franzens University School of Medicine, Graz, Austria. navid.ardjomand@kfunigraz.ac.at
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|May 31, 2002
Abstract:
A 49-year-old patient developed pupillary block glaucoma with an intraocular pressure (IOP) of 29 mm hg after implantation of a phakic intraocular lens (IOL) (NuVita, Bausch & Lomb) in the left eye. the anterior chamber deepened again, and the iop decreased to 16 mm hg after a neodymium: YAG iridotomy. Pupillary block glaucoma may occur after phakic IOL implantation without iridotomy, and we advocate that routine iridotomy be performed during phakic IOL surgeries.