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Goniosynechialysis for secondary angle closure glaucoma in aphakic patient after pars plana vitrectomy
Nasser A Alsobaie1, Asma I Almohizea2, Yahya Al-Zahrani3
1College of Medicine, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Uthman Ibn Affan Rd, An Nada, Riyadh, 13317, Saudi Arabia.
Purpose:
To report the effectiveness of Goniosynechialysis (GSL) treating elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in an aphakic eye with peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS) formation after vitrectomy.
Observations:
A 39-year-old gentleman with history of lamellar keratoplasty for corneal ectasia and blunt trauma to the right eye necessitating vitrectomy and lensectomy presented to our glaucoma unit with a secondary angle closure and an IOP of 50 mmHg. This was successfully treated with GSL and one year after surgery, the patient maintains a normal IOP without the use of medication.
Conclusions And Importance:
GSL may successfully restore angle integrity in aphakic patients following vitreoretinal surgery and avoid the need for a glaucoma drainage device.
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