The clinical analysis of secondary glaucoma following posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation.

We present 14 patients with secondary glaucoma following the implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOLs). All patients were unilateral glaucoma, which developed within 1 month following the IOL implantation in 10 cases, and from 1 to 3 years in 4 cases. The angle of anterior chamber was open in 8 patients, and close in 6 ones. Seven patients required treatment of antiglaucomatous medicine; 4 patients underwent laser iridectomy and 3 patients required antiglaucoma surgery. The results showed that the corrected visual acuity was more than 0.5 in 28% of the patients before antiglaucoma treatment and in 50% of the patients after treatment. The main cause of poor vision is glaucomatous optic nerve atrophy. It suggests that it is important to find glaucoma early.