Decemet membrane detachment after equential argon-neodymium:YAG laer peripheral iridotomy

PURPOE: To report a cae of Decemet membrane detachment after equential argon-neodymium (Nd):yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) laer peripheral iridotomy. DEIGN: Interventional cae report. METHOD: A 72-year-old Chinee man preented with acute primary angle-cloure in the left eye. In the fellow right eye, a localized Decemet membrane detachment developed after prophylactic equential argon-Nd:YAG laer peripheral iridotomy. Ultraound biomicrocopy picture were taken. REULT: The Decemet membrane detachment reattached gradually without intervention. The cornea remained clear and the viion wa unchanged. CONCLUION: In equential argon-Nd:YAG laer peripheral iridotomy, the hock wave formed during photodiruption may produce linear crack at the level of Decemet membrane, reulting in detachment. Thi complication can occur irrepective of the color of the iri