Staged Cataract Post Scar Removal: A Case Report

A 62-year-old white Caucasian male was referred with Keratoconus and posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) and a history of 12 previous procedures including implantable contact lens surgery (ICL), Intacs corneal implant, Cross Linking, Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK) and Photorefractive Keratectom...

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Autores principales: Gulani, Aaishwariya, Gulani, Arun C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Ophthalmology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789082
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9145
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description A 62-year-old white Caucasian male was referred with Keratoconus and posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) and a history of 12 previous procedures including implantable contact lens surgery (ICL), Intacs corneal implant, Cross Linking, Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK) and Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK). All the procedures were surgically well done by his surgeon but resulted in 20/200 vision and an irregular, scarred cornea. After undergoing Laser Corneoplastique and a staged Cataract surgery, he was brought to unaided 20/20 vision in this eye.
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spelling pubmed-74171842020-08-11 Staged Cataract Post Scar Removal: A Case Report Gulani, Aaishwariya Gulani, Arun C Cureus Ophthalmology A 62-year-old white Caucasian male was referred with Keratoconus and posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) and a history of 12 previous procedures including implantable contact lens surgery (ICL), Intacs corneal implant, Cross Linking, Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK) and Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK). All the procedures were surgically well done by his surgeon but resulted in 20/200 vision and an irregular, scarred cornea. After undergoing Laser Corneoplastique and a staged Cataract surgery, he was brought to unaided 20/20 vision in this eye. Cureus 2020-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7417184/ /pubmed/32789082 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9145 Text en Copyright © 2020, Gulani et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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