title: Foreign body embedded in the iris after cataract surgery.
abstract: METHODS
  a 75-year old woman who had had cataract surgery in her left eye and showed a visual acuity of 0.8 twenty-four hours post-surgery. Biomicroscopy revealed a foreign body attached to the iris in the nasal sector that coincided with the main incision of the phacoemulsification, which was then removed in a second surgical procedure. It was analysed and described as an inert structure made of plastic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The possible origin of the presence of a fragment of plastic in the postoperative period following cataract surgery is established. In this case, its inert nature did not cause any further intraocular inflammation. Its rigid structure also favoured its attachment to the iris, thus avoiding any other complications. There must be greater preventative measures during cataract surgery, including checking the instruments and accessories before and after the surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España. Electronic address: esbueso@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos-Bueso
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Santos
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Díaz-Valle
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gegúndez-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cuiña-Sardiña
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Benítez-del-Castillo
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D014792:Visual Acuity
keywords: Cataract surgery; Cirugía de catarata; Cuerpo extraño; Facoemulsificación; Foreign body; Iris; Phacoemulsification; Plastic; Plástico