Purpose. To report a patient with consecutive Descemet's membrane (DM) deta
chments after successive phacoemulsification,review other reported patients
with bilateral DM detachments, and explore the possibility of anatomic pre
disposition to DM detachment in some patients. Methods. Our patient's cours
e was reviewed along with the reported experience with three other patients
with bilateral DM detachments. Results. No clear underlying etiology of DM
detachment was found in our patient or any of the other three reported pat
ients reviewed. Conclusions. Some patients may be anatomically predisposed
to DM detachment possibly because of an abnormality in the fibrillary strom
al attachment to DM. Early postoperative surgical intervention often leads
to satisfactory visual results.