title: Single-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens explanted within the capsular bag: case report with clinicopathological correlation.
abstract: A 74-year-old woman had uneventful phacoemulsification with implantation of a single-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) (SA30AL) in her left eye. Two weeks after the surgery, the patient presented for ophthalmological consultation reporting pseudophakic dysphotopsia, which she had subjectively noted since surgery. Explantation/exchange of the IOL was performed 3 months after the surgery. The IOL was strongly attached to the capsule, which was fibrotic and contracted; explantation of the capsular bag complex in toto was done. To our knowledge, this is the first case of explantation of this IOL design with clinicopathological correlation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories for Ophthalmic Devices Research, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Izak
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Suresh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Apple
authors.forename: Luis G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Davison
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011102:Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011102:Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate