title: Pathogenesis of posterior capsular opacification. Part I. Epidemiological and clinico-statistical data.
abstract: We examined 895 eyes having extracapsular cataract surgery; 403 had an intraocular lens (IOL) implanted and 492 did not. The incidence of posterior capsular opacification was 7.69% in the eyes with an IOL and 14.23% in the eyes without an IOL. If we exclude complicated cataracts from the cases that did not have an IOL, the incidence of posterior capsular opacification decreases to 9.06%. Various models of implanted IOLs showed different incidences of posterior capsular opacification: For J-looped lenses the incidence was 11.02%; for Frezzotti-Caporossi lenses, 7.35%. The follow-up was too short for soft lenses. The Frezzotti-Caporossi lens can be inserted with the convex side either anterior or posterior. A statistical evaluation shows that the reverse optic or posterior convex orientation in the bag caused a lower incidence of posterior capsular opacification (3.01%).
authors.affiliation: Instituto di Scienze Oftalmologiche, Universita di Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frezzotti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caporossi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged