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Cataract extractions following the implantation of phacic posterior lenses
Bleckmann H.
Schlosspark-Klinik, Heubnerweg 2, 14059 Berlin
Background: Formation of a secundary cataract following the implantation
of phacic posterior chamber lenses (STAAR) has been described by several
authors without exhibiting a convincing explanation for the reason of
this complication.
Patients and Methods: 4 myopic eyes of 3 patients and 2 hyperopic
eyes of one patient of a total number of 148 eyes with an ICL-implantation
revealed a reduction of the visual acuity after 4 to 17 months according
to a cataract formation. The opacification was mostly within or below
the anterior capsule.
Results: All of the cataract operated eyes revealed the same best
corrected visual acuity afterwards compared to the best corrected acuity
after phacic lens implantation. The acuity was between 0.5 (high myopia)
and 1.0. All of the patients were within the presbyopic age. Neither the
extraction of the phacic lens nor the cataract extraction of the concerned
eyes revealed major events.
Discussion: Reason for the cataract formation after phacic lens
implantation might be a non existing distance between the phacic IOL and
the crystaline lens. This could partly be demonstrated in these eyes.