title: Spontaneous disinsertion of a multipiece foldable acrylic intraocular lens haptic 3 and 12 months after implantation.
abstract: We report 2 cases of spontaneous postoperative haptic disinsertion with the Alcon AcrySof MA60BM posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL). A 14-year-old girl with a history of acute retinal necrosis and pars plana vitrectomy with lensectomy for retinal detachment repair had secondary implantation of a PC IOL in the ciliary sulcus. Three months later, the superior haptic disinserted from the optic and dislocated into the anterior chamber. In the second case, a 22-year-old man had lens aspiration and PC IOL implantation in the capsular bag. One year after surgery, the PC IOL had a similar problem, with the disinserted superior haptic remaining in the capsular bag while the optic and inferior haptic dislocated into the anterior chamber. In both patients, the PC IOLs were exchanged for rigid single-piece PC IOLs. The patients have had no further problems.
authors.affiliation: Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yong Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Por
authors.forename: Soon-Phaik
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Chee
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials