Open AccessFloaterectomy: Combined phacoemulsification and deep anterior vitrectomy
Author(s) -
Federico Mossa,
Yvonne Delaney,
Paul Rosen,
Rubina Rahman
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of cataract and refractive surgery/journal of cataract and refractive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.678
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1873-4502
pISSN - 0886-3350
DOI - 10.1016/s0886-3350(01)01104-x
Subject(s) - phacoemulsification , vitrectomy , capsulorhexis , medicine , ophthalmology , macular edema , intraocular lens , visual acuity , uveitis , surgery
We describe a 1-stage surgical technique to treat vitreous floaters. Phacoemulsification is combined with a deep anterior vitrectomy through a posterior curvilinear capsulorhexis followed by implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens. The technique was used in 10 eyes of 6 patients. Six months postoperatively, 8 eyes had a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 6/6 with complete resolution of symptoms. Two eyes of 1 patient developed cystoid macular edema that reduced final BCVA to 6/18 bilaterally. In this case, the floaters may have been the result of previously undiagnosed intermediate uveitis.