[Incidence of posterior capsule opacification in patients submitted to phacoemulsification and expandable acrylic intraocular lens implantation].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate prospectively the results of expandable acrylic intraocular lenses in patients submitted to phacoemulsification as regard posterior capsule opacification.


METHODS
The study group consisted of 830 patients, 1,200 eyes that underwent phacoemulsification from 1998 to 2002, by the same surgeon, using the same technique but with different diameters of capsulorrhexis, with expandable hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens implantation. The mean follow-up was 2.4 years, ranging from 6 months to 4 years.


RESULTS
The total number of posterior capsule opacification was 54 cases.


CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of posterior capsule opacification was 4.6% in these patients.
de Medeiros
Hilton Arcoverde Gonçalves
HA
Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil. h.medeiros@brturbo.com.br
Avila
Marcos
M
dos Santos
Procópio Miguel
PM
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials