Goniosynechialysis with lens aspiration and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation for glaucoma in spherophakia

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004 Feb;30(2):513-6. doi: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00670-9.

Abstract

A 17-year-old girl presented with bilateral angle-closure glaucoma associated with spherophakia. A previous bilateral laser iridotomy failed to control intraocular pressure (IOP). Goniosynechialysis with lens aspiration and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation were performed in both eyes. Peripheral iridoplasty was performed 3 days later. The postoperative IOP was controlled without medication for 12 months in the right eye and 24 months in the left eye. By restructuring the physiologic aqueous outflow route, goniosynechialysis safely and effectively treated secondary glaucoma from spherophakia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anterior Chamber / diagnostic imaging
  • Capsulorhexis*
  • Female
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / etiology*
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Iridectomy*
  • Laser Therapy
  • Lens Diseases / complications*
  • Lens Diseases / congenital
  • Lens Diseases / surgery*
  • Lens Implantation, Intraocular*
  • Suction
  • Ultrasonography