This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Correction  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on ISI (3)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Intraocular Lenses  • Alert me on articles by topic

Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:782-784.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Opacification of intraocular lenses (IOLs) in various forms has been reported in all 4 of the varieties of lens materials available. Herein we report total opacification (optic and haptic) of a single-piece acrylic hydrophilic IOL in 5 cases, where the AquaSense IOL (Ophthalmic Innovations, Inc, Ontario, Calif) was used. In 2 of the cases, the initial diagnosis was posterior capsular opacity, and in 1 patient who had diabetes it was also thought to be nonresolving vitreous hemorrhage.

Report of Cases.

Case 1. A 76-year-old man had uneventful left eye phacoemulsification with posterior chamber IOL implantation in November 2000. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) preoperatively was 6/18 OS. Postoperative BCVA in January 2001 was 6/9 OS with a quiet eye. The patient was discharged.

This patient was referred again 16 months later in March 2002 with blurred vision of about 6 weeks' duration. The BCVA was 6/18. Anterior and posterior capsular opacification was diagnosed. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Comment.
Karen L. Goodall, FRCOphth; Yajati Kumar Ghosh, FRCSEd
Oldham, England

Corresponding author: Yajati Kumar Ghosh, FRCSEd, Department of Opthalmololgy, Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham OL1 2JH, United Kingdom (e-mail: yajati_ghosh@hotmail.com).