title: Anatomic evaluation of the Morcher capsular tension ring by ultrasound biomicroscopy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the anatomic position of the Morcher capsular tension ring (CTR) by anterior segment ultrasound biomicroscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic institution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen pseudophakic eyes (13 patients) with placement of a Morcher CTR during cataract extraction had ultrasound biomicroscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all eyes, the CTR had a position between the intraocular lens haptics and the ciliary body without posterior iris touch.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this small population of eyes, the Morcher CTR was found to be in a consistent, safe, and stable location in the capsular bag.
authors.affiliation: Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Boomer
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000295:instrumentation; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*