A longer view of secondary intraocular lens implantation with special emphasis on the role of the vitreous.
In a series of 50 patients undergoing secondary implantation of a Choyce-style anterior chamber lens, 43 (86%) had regained or improved their best corrected preoperative vision by the third postoperative month. Four eyes had intraoperative vitreous loss, one resulting in subchoroidal hemorrhage and another associated with CME. Of the four cases of CME, three had regained or improved their best corrected preoperative acuity by the eighteenth postoperative month.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014822:Vitreous Body