title: Posterior capsule fibrosis and intraocular lens design.
abstract: Four different posterior chamber lens designs were used in 1,845 consecutive, unselected extracapsular cataract extractions performed over a 31-month period in Vejle, Denmark. Ninety-seven eyes (5.3%) required a posterior capsulotomy during a postoperative observation period ranging from two to 32 months. At 16 months postoperatively, the cumulative capsulotomy rate was 7.1% with plano-convex anterior lenses, but only 1.7% with meniscus lenses and 1.8% with continuous ridged lenses. These results suggest that close contact between the posterior capsule and the optic could induce early posterior capsule opacification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Vejle Sygehus, Denmark.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otland
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corydon
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005355:Fibrosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies