title: Broken intraocular lens during cataract surgery.
abstract: A case of planned routine extracapsular cataract extraction is described where surgery was complicated peroperatively by fracture of the posterior chamber lens implant. The technique of lens implantation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Bristol Eye Hospital.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged