Explantation of BrightOcular cosmetic iris implant and goniosynechialysis: A case report

A 48-year-old lady presented with bilateral symptomatic uveitis. She had bilateral cosmetic iris implantation 4 years ago. She underwent bilateral cosmetic iris explantation and goniosynechialysis to open up areas of angle compromise. This patient presented before significant angle compromise. This...

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Autores principales: Mathew, David J, Belkin, Avner, Schlenker, Matthew B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31332142
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_2000_18
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description A 48-year-old lady presented with bilateral symptomatic uveitis. She had bilateral cosmetic iris implantation 4 years ago. She underwent bilateral cosmetic iris explantation and goniosynechialysis to open up areas of angle compromise. This patient presented before significant angle compromise. This case report also serves to highlight the serious potential risks associated with cosmetic iris implantation. Patients with cosmetic iris implants should be warned of the potential complications and advised explantation at the earliest.
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spelling pubmed-66770672019-08-14 Explantation of BrightOcular cosmetic iris implant and goniosynechialysis: A case report Mathew, David J Belkin, Avner Schlenker, Matthew B Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports A 48-year-old lady presented with bilateral symptomatic uveitis. She had bilateral cosmetic iris implantation 4 years ago. She underwent bilateral cosmetic iris explantation and goniosynechialysis to open up areas of angle compromise. This patient presented before significant angle compromise. This case report also serves to highlight the serious potential risks associated with cosmetic iris implantation. Patients with cosmetic iris implants should be warned of the potential complications and advised explantation at the earliest. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6677067/ /pubmed/31332142 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_2000_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Explantation of BrightOcular cosmetic iris implant and goniosynechialysis: A case report
title_fullStr Explantation of BrightOcular cosmetic iris implant and goniosynechialysis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Explantation of BrightOcular cosmetic iris implant and goniosynechialysis: A case report
title_short Explantation of BrightOcular cosmetic iris implant and goniosynechialysis: A case report
title_sort explantation of brightocular cosmetic iris implant and goniosynechialysis: a case report
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