title: Traumatic fracture of flexible anterior chamber intraocular lenses.
abstract: Two patients had fracture of a flexible, open-loop, anterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) caused by ocular trauma. Case 1 was a 78-year-old woman with a three-point-fixation IOL. The two portions of the fractured lens were removed from the anterior chamber. Visual acuity at 10 months postoperatively was hand motion as a result of corneal decompensation. Case 2 was a 36-year-old man with a four-point-fixation IOL that broke and dislocated into the vitreous. A pars plana vitrectomy was performed; the two lens portions were removed and exchanged with a sutured posterior chamber lens. Best corrected visual acuity 4 months postoperatively was 20/20. In both cases, the lens fracture took place at the loop-optic junction and with minimal visible damage to the eye structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Hospital, Aosta, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capoferri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vacchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tafi
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Voglini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery