Is YAG capsulotomy safe? Medicaly refractory intraocular pressure elevation after laser treatment of an aphakic eye

Authors

  • Mandy OM Wong Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Leonard H Yuen Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Jonathan CH Chan Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Jimmy SM Lai Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12809/hkjo-v18n1-27

Abstract

We report on a patient with traumatic angle recession who developed persistently high intraocular pressure after YAG posterior capsulotomy. The increased intraocular pressure failed to respond to medical treatment and required glaucoma surgery with implantation of an ExPress shunt drainage device. The surgery was augmented with intraoperative mitomycin C (0.4 mg/mL). Despite early postoperative hypotony, the patient’s visual acuity was 0.5 and intraocular pressure was 6 to 13 mm Hg 5 months after the glaucoma surgery.

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Published

2014-12-01

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Case Report

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Is YAG capsulotomy safe? Medicaly refractory intraocular pressure elevation after laser treatment of an aphakic eye. Hong Kong J Ophthalmol [Internet]. 2014 Dec. 1 [cited 2026 Jul. 26];18(1):34-6. Available from: https://www.hkjo.hk/index.php/hkjo/article/view/27

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