NAION Follows Cataract Surgery in Patient With Congenital Cataracts
A 55-year-old man experienced permanent vision loss in his right eye following uncomplicated cataract surgery, highlighting the diagnostic challenges of post-cataract surgery nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). While the condition is a known, albeit uncommon, complication of phacoemulsification, the patient’s eight-month delay in seeking care prevented clinicians from documenting the acute optic disc edema … Read more