Silicone oil pupil block glaucoma in a pseudophakic eye

Refractive shift of silicone oil tamponade in pseudophakic eye

BACKGROUND Refraction change of silicone oil (SO) tamponade in phakic and aphakic eye has been studied thoroughly; however, it is rarely studied in pseudophakic eye. In this paper we aimed to deduce a theoretical formula predicting refractive shift of silicone oil tamponade in pseudophakic eye and compared it with clinical findings. METHOD A theoretical formula was deduced through strict geom...

Pseudophakic pupillary-block glaucoma.

Four cases of iris-supported pseudophakic pupillary-block glaucoma were presented. Pupillary-block glaucoma is the first postoperative complication seen following the implantation of an intraocular lens, and in our series occurred at an incidence of 3-8%. A short review was made of pupillary-block glaucoma with all types of intraocular lenses, with emphasis on the iris-supported lens. The role ...

Pupil-block glaucoma in homocystinuria.

HOMOCYSTINURIA is an inborn error of metabolism due to deficiency of the enzyme cystathionine synthetase. This results in an increased excretion of homocystine in the urine and raised homocystine and methionine levels in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Clinically there is a picture of ectopia lentis, due to zonular degeneration, skeletal changes, fine fair hair, shuffling gait, mental retard...

Acute aphakic pupil block glaucoma: an alternative surgical approach.

In a series of 7 cases of acute aphakic pupil block glaucoma a surgical approach designed to break adhesions between the iris and the anterior hyaloid face was uniformly successful. Reasons for the success of the method are discussed and comparisons made with other surgical approaches.

Treatment of glaucoma secondary to silicone oil retention.