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Endocapsular hematoma as an uncommon early postoperative complication of phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation surgery

Herein we describe a 55-year-old woman presented with a chief complaint of visual loss in the right eye of 3 days duration. The patient underwent uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery on the right eye 1 week ago. Slit lamp examination revealed accumulation of blood in the capsular bag b...

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Autores principales: Nejabat, Mahmoud, Khalili, Mohammad Reza, Masihpour, Nasrin, Mohammadpour, Mansoureh, Hosseini, Shahla, Shirvani, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7728042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32971693
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1873_19
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Sumario:Herein we describe a 55-year-old woman presented with a chief complaint of visual loss in the right eye of 3 days duration. The patient underwent uncomplicated phacoemulsification cataract surgery on the right eye 1 week ago. Slit lamp examination revealed accumulation of blood in the capsular bag behind the intraocular lens with blood level. The patient was diagnosed as endocapsular hematoma. Neodymium-doped: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser posterior capsulotomy was performed. The patient's vision improved completely.