ABSTRACT
A 7-year-old girl had posterior capsule opacification 2 years after cataract extraction without posterior capsulotomy. This report describes a novel technique for Nd:YAG posterior capsulotomy in pediatric patients for providers who do not have access to an overhead-mounted Nd:YAG laser. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2010;47:41-42.]
AUTHORS
From the Department of Ophthalmology (JAC), University of California–San Francisco; and the Department of Ophthalmology (DRF), Stanford University, San Francisco, California.
Originally submitted December 26, 2007. Accepted for publication February 22, 2008. Posted online April 20, 2009.
The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.
Address correspondence to Julie A. Chen, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California–San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94143-0344.
doi: 10.3928/01913913-20100106-09
