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- Title
Modifications in phaco technique may reduce early postoperative hypotony.
- Authors
Hasson, Matt
- Abstract
The article reports on a study which claims that changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) for 24 hours after phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation should be closely monitored. It states that increase in IOP of more than 30 millimeter mercury on the first day after surgery needs keen observation, especially for those at risk of glaucoma-related optic nerve atrophy. According to Bradford J. Shingleton, one of the study authors, postoperative hypotony related to wound instability may also pose the risk of endophthalmitis.
- Subjects
INTRAOCULAR pressure; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; INTRAOCULAR lenses; GLAUCOMA; OCULAR hypotony; SHINGLETON, Bradford J.
- Publication
Ocular Surgery News, 2008, Vol 26, Issue 3, p36
- ISSN
8750-3085
- Publication type
Article