title: Early posterior capsular opacification after intercapsular cataract extraction and rigid Galand disc intraocular lens implantation.
abstract: From retrospective studies of implantation of the rigid Galand disc intraocular lens (IOL) and the Sinskey style J-loop IOL, we found that posterior capsular opacification was more common and developed faster in eyes implanted with a Galand disc IOL than in eyes implanted with a Sinskey style J-loop IOL. We investigated this further in a clinical study of 20 patients implanted with a Galand disc IOL. We found a specific type of posterior capsular haze, resembling a "moon landscape," in 10 (50%) of the 16 eyes (80%) with capsular fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Gunning
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Greve
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity