title: [Superficial damage to the MemoryLens in implantation].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Besides silicone and acrylic lenses thermoplastic lenses, such as the MemoryLens, are being increasingly used. Thermoplastic lenses are implanted through a small incision in a rolled state so that they unfold in the capsular bag. Here we describe a complication that has had appeared in two patients.
  After phacoemulsification a MemoryLens was implanted in 35 years of 35 patients through an incision in the clear cornea revealing two cases of scratched anterior surfaces after implantation. The scratches were caused by the tip of the forceps through excessive pressure and mechanical force during implantation due to an incision slightly too small.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By a lens diameter of 2.31 mm in a rolled state we do not only recommend a forceps with rounded ends but also an incision width of 3.8 mm in order to perform a safe implantation without damage to the lens surface.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Graz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faschinger
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013499:Surface Properties
vernacular_title: Oberflächenbeschädigung der MemoryLens bei der Implantation.