TRAUMATIC LENS SUBLUXATION FROM PICKLEBALL INJURY: A CASE SERIES
Harrison Huang1, Margaret A Greven
1Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to describe two cases of traumatic lens subluxation resulting from pickleball injury.
Methods:
This is a case series.
Results:
A 77-year-old man presented with worsening vision and was noted to have subluxation of his intraocular lens 10 days after being struck in the eye with a pickleball. The patient underwent a lens exchange with scleral fixation. A 76-year-old woman presented with blurry vision on the same day as her injury and was noted to have subluxation of her crystalline lens. She also underwent a lens insertion with scleral fixation. However, she experienced additional complications of postoperative cystoid macular edema and traumatic glaucoma.
Conclusion:
We recommend increased use of eye protection in pickleball.
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