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Traumatic expulsive aniridia after phacoemulsification
Author(s) -
Avinash Prabhu,
Harish Nayak,
Prasad Palimar
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.31952
Subject(s) - medicine , phacoemulsification , aniridia , presentation (obstetrics) , blunt trauma , blunt , ophthalmology , cataract surgery , pax6 , surgery , visual acuity , biochemistry , chemistry , transcription factor , gene
Blunt trauma is usually associated with severe ocular damage particularly in eyes following cataract surgery. Small, self-sealing incision cataract surgery is changing the pattern of presentation of such cases, with relatively favorable outcomes. We describe a case of blunt trauma following phacoemulsification leading to aniridia.

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