title: Late reopening of fibrosed capsular bags to reposition decentered intraocular lenses.
abstract: The infrequent postoperative complication of intraocular lens decentration in the presence of an intact fibrosed capsule has traditionally been treated with lens explantation and exchange for a sulcus-fixated lens. Many of these patients can be managed by reopening the fibrosed capsular bag and repositioning the lens within the bag. These cases can be performed quickly using topical anesthesia regardless of the time since the primary cataract procedure.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Eye Associates, Eugene 97401, USA.
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D005355:Fibrosis; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation