Opacification of the intraocular lens implant following uneventful Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2011 Apr;34(2):92-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.12.002. Epub 2011 Jan 11.

Abstract

A 74 year old pseudophakic patient developed opacification of a pre-existing intraocular lens implant following Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty which may have been triggered by the presence of air in the anterior chamber.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty*
  • Humans
  • Lenses, Intraocular*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Prosthesis Failure*