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Cyclodialysis cleft with late hypotony maculopathy after inadvertent cannula detachment during cataract surgery
Shyalle Kahawita1, Sudha Cugati1, Robert Casson1
1From the Department of Ophthalmology (Kahawita, Cugati), Lyell McEwin Hospital, and the South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology (Kahawita, Casson), Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Abstract:
We present the case of a 69-year-old woman who presented with hypotony several years after an inadvertent cannula detachment presumably formed a cyclodialysis cleft during phacoemulsification cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in her right eye. To our knowledge, this is the first report of late hypotony maculopathy as a result of inadvertent cannula release.
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