Late Postoperative Capsular Block Syndrome
Orasa Horatanaruang MD*, Wantanee Saranyakoob MD*
Affiliation : * Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla
The authors report the case of a 61-year-old man with late postoperative capsular block syndrome who had undergone phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation 3 years earlier. He presented with a decreased vision in the right eye caused by the accumulation of liquefied milky fluid in the space between the posterior surface of IOL optic and the posterior capsule. Neodymium:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy allowed a resolution of the milky fluid and the improvement of the visual acuity to 20/20.
Keywords : Capsular block syndrome, Capsular bag hyperdistension, Continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, Liquefied aftercataract, Posterior capsulotomy
