title: Structure of the entire capsular bag containing an endocapsular equator ring and intraocular lens.
abstract: We report in vivo observation of a capsular bag containing an endocapsular equator ring and intraocular lens that was explanted 5 years after the initial surgery. The capsule equator remained completely circular. The inside of the capsular bag retained the open space, and the endocapsular equator ring blocked proliferative tissue under the anterior capsule at the equator and prevented posterior capsule opacification.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: From the Hara Eye Hospital (Takeshi Hara, Tsutomu Hara, Hashimoto, Motoyama), Utsunomiya, and Menicon Co., Ltd. (Sakanishi), Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.affiliation: From the Hara Eye Hospital (Takeshi Hara, Tsutomu Hara, Hashimoto, Motoyama), Utsunomiya, and Menicon Co., Ltd. (Sakanishi), Nagoya, Japan. Electronic address: office@haraganka.com.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.affiliation: From the Hara Eye Hospital (Takeshi Hara, Tsutomu Hara, Hashimoto, Motoyama), Utsunomiya, and Menicon Co., Ltd. (Sakanishi), Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakanishi
authors.affiliation: From the Hara Eye Hospital (Takeshi Hara, Tsutomu Hara, Hashimoto, Motoyama), Utsunomiya, and Menicon Co., Ltd. (Sakanishi), Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.affiliation: From the Hara Eye Hospital (Takeshi Hara, Tsutomu Hara, Hashimoto, Motoyama), Utsunomiya, and Menicon Co., Ltd. (Sakanishi), Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Motoyama
mesh_terms: D060437:Artificial Lens Implant Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012086:Reoperation