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Transient lenticular opacification following trabeculectomy
S Pillai1, M A Mahmood, S R Limaye
1D.C. General Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
Permanent lens changes may occur following filtering procedures for glaucoma, most often within a few years after the surgery. We present a case in which transient lenticular opacification occurred two days after trabeculectomy without intraoperative injury to the lens. The patient regained her preoperative vision 2 weeks postoperatively. We postulate that such reversible lenticular opacities may be due to changes in lens metabolism associated with hypotony.