Corneal Wound Burns – Rare but Serious Complications of Phacoemulsification Surgery

Maximilian Felix Jacobi; Daniel Rudolf Muth; Robert Alexander Blum; Daniel Barthelmes; Sandrine Zweifel; Frank Blaser

doi:10.1055/a-2498-0334

Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Table of Contents

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2025; 242(04): 346-352
DOI: 10.1055/a-2498-0334

Der interessante Fall

Corneal Wound Burns – Rare but Serious Complications of Phacoemulsification Surgery

Corneal Wound Burns – seltene aber schwerwiegende Komplikation der Phakoemsulfikation

Authors

Maximilian Felix Jacobi

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Daniel Rudolf Muth

²Ophthalmology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Medical Faculty, Munich, Germany

³Division of Eye and Vision, Karolinska Institute Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden

⁴Ophthalmology, St Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Robert Alexander Blum

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Daniel Barthelmes

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Sandrine Zweifel

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Frank Blaser

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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