Clinical Evaluation of Subluxated Lens.

Bae, Gye Jung; Chung, Sung Kun; Rhee, Sang Wook

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(1):16-21.
Published online January 1, 1991.

Clinical Evaluation of Subluxated Lens.

Gye Jung Bae, Sung Kun Chung, Sang Wook Rhee

Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University Medical, Seoul, Korea.

수정체 아탈구증에 대한 임상적 고찰

배계종(Gye Jung Bae),정성근(Sung Kun Chung),이상욱(Sang Wook Rhee)

Abstract

The clinical and statistical evaluations of 25 patients(29 eyes) with subluxated lenses which were extracted at St. Mary's hospital from October 1984 to June 1990. The results were as follows: 1. The average age was 41.3 years and the sex distribution was 23 males and 2 females. 2. The causes were divided by 17 eyes(58.6%) with trauma and 12 eyes(41.4%) without trauma. 3. The associated diseases were cataract(9 eyes; 31.0%), glaucoma(6 eyes; 20.7%), retinal detachment(4 eyes; 13.8%) and uveitis(2 eyes; 6.9%). 4. There were 9 eyes(31.0%) in superonasal, 4 eyes(13.8%) in inferotemporal direction of lens displacement. 5. The surgical procedures were intracapsular cataract extraction(22 eyes; 75.9% ), lens aspiration(3 eyes; 10.3% ), extracapsular cataract extraction(1 eye 3.5% ) and pars plana lensectomy with vitrectomy(3 eyes; 10.3%). 6. There were 9 eyes(28.0%) associated with vitreous protrusion and the vitrectomy were done in 20 eyes(62.5% ). 7. Postoperative corrected visual acuity improved fairly. It was the same as preoperative corrected visual acuity in 7 eyes(24.1%), improved in 21 eyes(72.4%) and worse in 1 eye(3.4%).

Key Words: Subluxated lens;Vitreous protrusion