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Open-angle glaucoma after pars plicata lensectomy and vitrectomy for congenital cataracts
M Muñoz1, R K Parrish, T G Murray
1Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose/Methods:
We examined an infant with familial cataracts in whom bilateral open-angle glaucoma developed shortly after pars plicata lensectomy with anterior vitrectomy.
Results/Conclusions:
Some eyes with congenital nuclear cataracts have a predisposition to develop glaucoma after removal of the cataract, which is irrespective of the method chosen to remove the cataract. Careful monitoring of the intraocular pressure is indicated.