Open AccessPhacoemulsification in total white cataract with Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Author(s) -
Abhay R. Vasavada,
Sheena A. Dholakia
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.30713
Subject(s) - phacoemulsification , medicine , ophthalmology , cataract surgery , cornea , incidence (geometry) , optometry , white (mutation) , surgery , visual acuity , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , gene , optics
Cataract surgery with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (S-J) is associated with a high incidence of complications and can worsen the primary disease. We report a case of phacoemulsification of a total, white cataract barely visible through the vascularized, keratinized cornea in the only seeing eye of a patient with S-J syndrome. We describe the intra-operative difficulties encountered during phacoemulsification and the surgical tools and techniques employed to overcome the surgical difficulties. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient regained useful, navigational vision.