@article{1f6e1019dd20469b8a981c2375954105,
title = "Traumatic rupture of healed cataract wounds",
abstract = "Three patients suffered blunt trauma that caused rupture of the site of cataract incision three to 12 years after surgery. Epithelial cells were noted in the old cataract wound of a 79-year-old white man. The second patient, a 25-year-old black woman, had bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis and loss of vitreous humor at the time of lens extraction. The third patient, a 63-year-old white woman, had open-angle glaucoma treated previously with filtering procedures and cyclocryo-therapy. The ultimate outcome was poor in each case.",
author = "Kass, {Michael A.} and Moshe Lahav and Albert, {Daniel M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Case 2—A 25-year-old black woman was beaten severely. The patient had had bilateral chorioretinal scarring secondary to toxoplasmosis as well as bilateral dislocated lenses for many years. Twelve years before the trauma, she had a left intracapsular cataract extraction with loss of vitreous humor (Table). Her mother and one sister also had cataracts. After the injury visual acuity was light perception in the left eye. The site of the old cataract wound was ruptured from the 10-to the 2-o'clock position and prolapse of uveal tissue was present. The prolapsed uveal tissue was reposited and the wound was sutured. Postoperatively, the patient developed hypotony with an updrawn and secluded pupil. A supraciliary tap was combined with an iridectomy. An inoperable, total retinal detachment with a giant From Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, New Haven, Connecticut. This study was supported in part by the Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation, Inc., and Vision Center grant ΕΥ-00785-04.",
year = "1976",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/0002-9394(76)90352-4",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "81",
pages = "722--724",
journal = "American journal of ophthalmology",
issn = "0002-9394",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "6",
}