UVEITIS-GLAUCOMA-HYPHEMA SYNDROME AFTER HANDMADE, ANTERIOR-CHAMBER LENS IMPLANTATION

Authors
KHAN YA PAVLIN CJ CYKIERT R ROOTMAN DS
Citation
Ya. Khan et al., UVEITIS-GLAUCOMA-HYPHEMA SYNDROME AFTER HANDMADE, ANTERIOR-CHAMBER LENS IMPLANTATION, Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 23(9), 1997, pp. 1414-1417
Citations number
12
Journal title
Journal of cataract and refractive surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
08863350
Volume
23
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1414 - 1417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-3350(1997)23:9<1414:USAHAL>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Two patients developed uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome secondary to implantation of handmade anterior chamber intraocular lenses (IOLs), T he IOLs were designed and made by the patients' ophthalmologists in th eir native Ukraine, The cases illustrate innovative and unusual soluti ons to the shortage of quality IOLs in the developing world and the ch allenging management of patients who present with complications arisin g from these IOLs.