title: Visual discomfort after acrylic intraocular lens implantation.
abstract: A 64-year-old man had phacoemulsification in both eyes. In January 1998, an Allergan SI-30NB silicone intraocular lens (IOL) with a 6.0 mm optic was implanted in the right eye. In April, an Alcon AcrySof MA60BN acrylic IOL with a 6.0 mm optic was implanted in the left eye. The following October, the patient experienced visual discomfort in the left eye. Two superior radial minikeratotomies were performed. The patient continued to have visual discomfort and the next month, a topographic ablation was performed in the same eye. In January 2000, the left IOL was replaced with a 5.5 mm Allergan SI-55NB silicone IOL. Visual impairment resolved 1 day after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology-Otorhinolaryngology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. alessio@otticafisiopat.uniba.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alessio
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cardascia
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sborgia
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012086:Reoperation; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins