Volume 73, Issue 3 pp. 283-284
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Argon laser photocoagulation of cyclodialysis clefts after cataract surgery

Birgitta Bauer

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Birgitta Bauer

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

Department of Ophthalmology Lund University Hospital S-22185 Lund, Sweden.Search for more papers by this author
First published: June 1995
Citations: 10

Abstract

ABSTRACT Three patients with cyclodialysis clefts, hypotony and hypotonic retinopathy subsequent to cataract surgery were treated with argon laser photocoagulation. The hypotony was reversed in each patient and their visual acuity was normalized. Laser photocoagulation is a noninvasive treatment that can be repeated easily and safely. The complications of the treatment are minor. A hypertensive episode commonly occurs in the early postoperative period

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