Periodic alternating nystagmus clearing after cataract surgery.

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, September 1985, Volume 5, Issue 3
Date 1985-09
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 226733
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xd46rw

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Title Periodic alternating nystagmus clearing after cataract surgery.
Creator Jay, W.M.; Williams, B.B.; De Chicchis, A.
Abstract A 60-year-old man developed periodic alternating nystagmus in association with decreased vision due to cataracts. Prior to surgery, vision was limited to hand motion only in both eyes. An extracapsular cataract extraction with insertion of a posterior chamber intraocular lens was performed in the patient's left eye. On the first postoperative day, vision was 20/60 in the left eye and the nystagmus was absent with both eyes open. Periodic alternating nystagmus that occurs with poor vision is related to a loss of fixation. Surgery aimed at improving the visual status may be effective in extinguishing the nystagmus.
Subject Cataract; Cataract Extraction; Electronystagmography; Eye Movements; Humans; Lenses, Intraocular; Male; Middle Older people; Nystagmus, Pathologic; Periodicity
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Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 226702
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xd46rw/226702