title: [Experiences with secondary implantation of anterior chamber lenses].
abstract: Between 1984-1990 80 secondary implantations of an anterior chamber lens in aphakic eyes have been completed. The average follow-up period was 3.1 years, some of the patients checked on during the last 6 years. The most relevant complications to mention being retinal detachment (2), as well as cystoid macular edema (1). These complications appeared in patients in whom a vitrectomy had to be performed simultaneously. Other complications like corneal dystrophy, glaucoma or lens dislocations were not observed. The risk is increased when there is the need to perform a vitrectomy simultaneously. In cases without vitrectomy the risk is slight.
authors.affiliation: Klinik am Rosenberg, Heiden.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spirig
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Jenny
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D008768:Methylmethacrylates
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit der Sekundärimplantation von Vorderkammerlinsen.