title: Contact zone of piggyback acrylic intraocular lenses.
abstract: In a hyperopic cataract patient, surgery was performed with implantation of 2 foldable, acrylic, posterior chamber intraocular lenses (IOLs) in the bag. The IOLs showed a central contact zone during surgery. This contact zone remained after surgery and was documented 2 months postoperatively. The contact zone may induce multifocality similar to that seen with multifocal IOLs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Findl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Menapace
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rainer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgopoulos
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000368:Aged; D019923:Capsulorhexis; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011108:Polymers; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000150:complications*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D011108:Polymers