title: Searching the way out for posterior capsule opacification.
abstract: Searching the way out for posterior capsule opacification was one of our goals in improving current cataract surgery techniques. The second goals was restoring accommodation but this goal prooved to remain unsolved. The bag-in-the-lens concept of IOL and implantation technique has been used in 271 patients of which 15 children. These patients have a follow-up of one month to 5 years. The optical axis of all these patients remained crystal clear, which allows us to conclude that the problem of PCO is solved by the bag-in-the-lens implantation concept. These very encouraging results inspired us to new ideas, which will receive priority in our research: accommodation and optimising the quality of vision by compensating for the ocular aberrations.
authors.affiliation: Univ Dept of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10-B 2650 Edegem.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tassignon
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Groot
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Van Tenten
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000628:therapy*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000592:standards*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular