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Case Reports
. 2004 Dec;30(12):2629-31.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.05.049.

Clear lens extraction for the treatment of persistent accommodative spasm after head trauma

Catherine J McMurray  1 , Celeste D Burley, Mark J Elder
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Clear lens extraction for the treatment of persistent accommodative spasm after head trauma

Catherine J McMurray et al. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

We report the case of a 28-year-old man with decreased visual acuity after closed head trauma sustained in a motor vehicle accident 16 weeks earlier. Several structures thought to be associated with the control of accommodation were injured. The patient had a persistent accommodative spasm causing up to 7.0 diopters of pseudomyopia. We present the patient's progress through the clinic, including manifest and cycloplegic refractions and results of a trial with atropine drops, and successful transition to bilateral pseudophakia 2 years and 9 months after the accident.

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