A 74-year-old man presented to the ophthalmology outpatient clinic with reduced visual acuity and increasing haziness of vision in his left eye over several months. Seven years previously he had undergone uneventful cataract surgery with phacoemulsification and insertion of a posterior chamber lens (+14.5 dioptres Alcon MA60BM, 6.0 mm optic) in the same eye. There had been no postoperative comp...

In this paper, we describe three consecutive cases of capsular bag distension syndrome (CBDS) presenting 7 years, 6 years and 8 months after cataract surgery involving anterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC), phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the capsular bag. In the affected patients, all of them men aged 67, 73 and 50 years, respectively, CBDS presente...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and the risk factors involved in the development of the three main postoperative capsular complications: posterior capsule opacification (PCO), capsular bag distension syndrome (CBDS), and anterior capsular phimosis syndrome (ACP). SUBJECTS, MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 801 patients submitted to cataract surgery in the...

A 54-year-old woman with an epiretinal membrane in her left eye accompanied by a shallow anterior chamber due to primary angle closure glaucoma underwent vitrectomy and cataract surgery. During the cataract surgery, immediately after the ultrasonic tip had been removed from the anterior chamber, anterior chamber flattening occurred. An intraoperative fundus examination showed the development of...

OCTOBER 2010 CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY EUROPE 39 T he viscous and elastic properties of ophthalmic viscosurgical devices (OVDs) have numerous benefits in cataract surgery. Not only can they create and maintain space in the anterior chamber, but they can also protect and lubricate the corneal endothelium and displace and stabilize tissue. Most surgeons do not think twice about using an...

Background: To provide insights into the characteristic of ultra-late onset capsular bag distension syndrome (CBDS) after phacoemulsification. Design: An interventional, retrospective case series at a tertiary care institute. Participants: 5 Post-cataract surgery patients who presented with the retrolenticular fluid collection. Methods: This is an interventional, retrospective case series of 5 ...