title: [A clinical report on hydrophilic acrylic foldable lens implantation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the therapeutic effects of hydrophilic acrylic foldable lens implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective randomized placebo-controlled study comprised 214 eyes of 190 patients after phacoemulsification. The hydrophilic acrylic foldable lens was implanted in group 1 (114 eyes), and the PMMA intraocular lens (IOL) implanted in the control group 2 (100 eyes). Within the 3-6 month follow-up period, the changes of visual acuity, corneal astigmatism and endothelial cells, the location of IOL and the degree of posterior capsular opaqueness postoperatively between the two groups were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The visual acuity of group 1 was significantly better than that of group 2 within 3 days postoperatively (P < 0.05), but there was no statistically significant difference after 3 months. The surgically induced astigmatism, incidents of posterior capsular opaqueness and subluxation of IOL of group 1 were significantly lower than that of group 2 after 3 months postoperatively (P < 0.05). The comparison of the endothelial cell loss ratio between the two groups was not significantly different (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The hydrophilic acrylic foldable IOL is easy to handle during implantation, highly biocompatible in the eyes, with less postoperative inflammatory reactions and shorter recovery period, and may provide satisfactory therapeutic effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, 200031, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003315:Cornea / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate