Identification of unknown intraocular material after cataract surgery: Evaluation of a potential cause of toxic anterior segment syndrome

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 465-469

  Mathys, Kenneth C ^a   Cohen, Kenneth L ^a   Bagnell, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; CHLORINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; SILICONE; SODIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; ZINC; CHONDROITIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXIC ANTERIOR SEGMENT SYNDROME; X RAY MICROANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LENS CAPSULE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SYNDROME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CHONDROITIN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYNDROME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 41949134114     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.10.047     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Byron H.M., Keates R.H., Kwitko M.L., et al. Symposium on intraocular lenses. Ophthalmology 86 (1979) 621-674
2. Parelman A.G. Sterile uveitis and intraocular lens implantation. Am Intra-Ocular Implant Soc J 5 (1979) 301-306
3. Meltzer D.W. Sterile hypopyon following intraocular lens surgery. Arch Ophthalmol 98 (1980) 100-104
4. Kim J.H. Intraocular inflammation of denatured viscoelastic substance in cases of cataract extraction and lens implantation. J Cataract Refract Surg 13 (1987) 537-542
5. Kreisler K.R., Martin S.S., Young C.W., et al. Postoperative inflammation following cataract extraction caused by bacterial contamination of the cleaning bath detergent. J Cataract Refract Surg 18 (1992) 106-110
6. Nelson D.B., Donnenfeld E.D., and Perry H.D. Sterile endophthalmitis after sutureless cataract surgery. Ophthalmology 99 (1992) 1655-1657
7. Breebaart A.C., Nuyts R.M.M.A., Pels E., et al. Toxic endothelial cell destruction of the cornea after routine extracapsular cataract surgery. Arch Ophthalmol 108 (1990) 1121-1125
8. Liu H., Routley I., and Teichmann K.D. Toxic endothelial cell destruction from intraocular benzalkonium chloride. J Cataract Refract Surg 27 (2001) 1746-1750
9. Smith C.A., Khoury J.M., Shields S.M., et al. Unexpected corneal endothelial cell decompensation after intraocular surgery with instruments sterilized by plasma gas. Ophthalmology 107 (2000) 1561-1566 discussion by SM MacRae, 1567
10. Monson M.C., Mamalis N., and Olson R.J. Toxic anterior segment inflammation following cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 18 (1992) 184-189
11. Mamalis N., Edelhauser H.F., Dawson D.D., et al. Toxic anterior segment syndrome. J Cataract Refract Surg 32 (2006) 324-333
12. Duffy R.E., Brown S.E., Caldwell K.L., et al. An epidemic of corneal destruction caused by plasma gas sterilization; the Toxic Endothelial Cell Destruction Syndrome Investigative Team. Arch Ophthalmol 118 (2000) 1167-1176
13. Jehan F.S., Mamalis N., Spencer T.S., et al. Postoperative sterile endophthalmitis (TASS) associated with the MemoryLens. J Cataract Refract Surgery 26 (2000) 1773-1777
14. Ünal M., Yücel I., Akar Y., et al. Outbreak of toxic anterior segment syndrome associated with glutaraldehyde after cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 32 (2006) 1696-1701
15. Werner L., Sher J.H., Taylor J.R., et al. Toxic anterior segment syndrome and possible association with ointment in the anterior chamber following cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 32 (2006) 227-235
16. Mamalis N. Toxic anterior segment syndrome. [editorial]. J Cataract Refract Surg 32 (2006) 181-182
17. Eleftheriadis H., Cheong M., Sandeman S., et al. Corneal toxicity secondary to inadvertent use of benzalkonium chloride preserved viscoelastic material in cataract surgery. Br J Ophthalmol 86 (2002) 299-305
18. Parikh C., Sippy B.D., Martin D.F., and Edelhauser H.F. Effects of enzymatic sterilization detergents on the corneal endothelium. Arch Ophthalmol 120 (2002) 165-172
19. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses. Recommended practices for cleaning and sterilizing intraocular surgical instruments. J Cataract Refract Surg 33 (2007) 1095-1100