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A R Schaeffer1, D L Ryll, F E O'Donnell
1Deaconess Eye Institute, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri.
Abstract:
Two patients with a history of glaucoma and a propensity for uveitis developed ciliochoroidal effusions following Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy. Both patients experienced a waxing and waning course with eventual resolution of symptoms after a steroid regimen. The ciliochoroidal effusions were presumed to be secondary to uveitis induced by the YAG laser surgery. The role of glaucoma, previous surgeries, and an open posterior capsule is uncertain but may have predisposed these patients to ciliochoroidal detachment. We advise caution in performing YAG posterior capsulotomy in patients with glaucoma and a known propensity for uveitis.
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