Bothun Erick D, Groth Sylvia L, Freedman Sharon F
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA.
J AAPOS. 2013 Jun;17(3):307-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.12.150. Epub 2013 Apr 18.
Angle surgery is often performed for pediatric glaucomas. Here we report visually significant hyphema and "spill-over" vitreous hemorrhage after trabeculotomy performed for aphakic glaucoma. Vitrectomy was necessary to remove the persistent vitreous blood in 2 of the 3 cases. We suspect this risk may be greater in aphakic eyes and propose measures to minimize this potentially amblyogenic complication.