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| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 325 |
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Nd:YAG membranotomy to disperse trapped oil
Amber A Bhayana, Priyanka Prasad
Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
| Date of Web Publication | 07-Jan-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Amber A Bhayana
Dr. R. P. Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi - 110 029
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2204_21
How to cite this article:
Bhayana AA, Prasad P. Nd:YAG membranotomy to disperse trapped oil. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2022;2:325 |
A 35-year-old otherwise healthy male (operated vitreoretinal surgery with oil removed) had remnant emulsified oil between the anterior intraocular lens IOL surface and a fibrotic membrane anterior to it [Figure 1]a and [Figure 1]b. Due to the ongoingcoronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown of the operation theater services, a temporary fix was done using the Nd: YAG laser[1] creating multiple membranotomies dispersing the oil into the anterior chamber [Fig. 1c and d]. The patient was finally planned for an anterior chamber wash when the services resumed. We propose the use of Nd: YAG for minimal invasive management of such cases. | Figure 1: (a) Slit-lamp examination showing oil droplets entrapped anterior to the IOL surface; (b) anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) showing hyperreflective oil globules between the anterior IOL surface and fibrous membrane (white arrow); (c) post-YAG image showing clean anterior IOL surface; (d) ASOCT showing a site of membranotomy (yellow arrow), and disappearance of oil globules
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