title: Surgical management of late dislocated lens capsular bag with intraocular lens and endocapsular tension ring.
abstract: A case of late spontaneous dislocation of the lens capsular bag (CB) with foldable acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) and endocapsular tension ring (CTR) and its surgical management is reported in a 52-year-old man. The dislocation occurred 2 years 3 months after phacoemulsification cataract surgery in which a CTR was used for zonular instability. A 3-port pars plana vitrectomy was performed. Because it was not possible to grasp the IOL-CTR-CB complex, perfluorocarbon liquid was used to attempt to float it up. This was unsuccessful, so a scleral indenter was used to apply external pressure on the sclera to tilt the IOL-CTR-CB complex into a position where it could be grasped with a forceps and removed through a corneal section. A scleral-fixated IOL was placed, and the patient achieved a best corrected visual acuity of 6/9. The procedure was safe and effective without intraocular complications.
authors.affiliation: Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore. mcclim@strahub.net.sg
authors.forename: Marcus C C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Aliza H E
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Jap
authors.forename: Edmund Y M
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate