A blocked probe tip is a more common difficulty faced during phacoemulsification. It is easy to handle provided the surgeon recognizes it early. This is the case where the surgeon could not recognize the blocked tip, and continued doing phacoemulsification. This led to devastating wound burn. Two attempts of wound suturing failed. Multiple sutures through fragile wounds lead to large perforation which was closed with a tenon patch graft. This helped to stabilize the anterior chamber. Postoperatively wound healed with a peripheral corneal scar with a deep anterior chamber.
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