J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2001 Jul;42(7):972-976.

The Changes in the Area of the Anterior Capsulotomy Size

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, St. Paul's Hospital, Collage of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. eyedoc@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital, Collage of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
To investigate whether there was any difference in anterior capsular opening area between the use of silicone intraocular lens(IOL) and acrylic IOL after continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis(CCC).
METHODS
In 42 eyes, acrylic IOL(Acrysof(R), Alcon, U.S.A.) were inserted into the capsular bag during phacoemulsification, and in 36 eyes silicone IOL(Chiroflex II(R) , Chiron, U.S.A.) were inserted. The reduction rate of anterior capsular opening area at first, second, third and sixth postoperative month were compared between the two groups.
RESULTS
On the whole, the reduction in anterior capsular opening area was larger by 0.574 mm 2 when silicone IOL was used, but the different was not statistically significant(P= .061). The result was the same at 1 month(P= .149), 2 months(P= .144), 3 months(P= .223), 6 months(P= .163) after surgery.
CONCLUSIONS
We concluded that there was little difference in the changes of anterior capsular opening area after CCC between the use of silicone IOL and acylic IOL, and other factors should be considered.

Keyword

Acrylic IOL; Anterior capsular opening area; Silicone IOL

MeSH Terms

Phacoemulsification
Silicones
Silicones
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