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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2019; 236(04): 407-409
DOI: 10.1055/a-0774-7792
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Thermocautery Capsulotomy in a Child with Juvenile Arthritis-Related Cataract

Kapsulotomie durch Thermokauterisation in einer juvenilen idiopathischen arthritisassoziierten Katarakt
Sophie Lopez Baumann
Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland
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David Tabibian
Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Kattayoon Hashemi
Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Alexandre Moulin
Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Yan Guex-Crosier
Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Georgios Kymionis
Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland
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received 17 September 2018

accepted 09 October 2018

Publication Date:
27 March 2019 (online)

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Background

Cataract surgery in pediatric uveitic patients is often arduous and can be related to many intraoperative and postoperative complications. Pediatric cataract surgeons can use several techniques to perform a capsulorhexis, including vitrectorrhexis, can-opener capsulotomy, radiofrequency diathermy capsulotomy, plasma ablation blade, or even the use of a femtosecond laser, but published reports about the technique used to perform a capsulorhexis in uveitic pediatric cataract are sparse. We report a case of pediatric uveitic cataract where the surgeon successfully used thermocautery capsulotomy with excellent postoperative inflammation management.