Peeling the fibrous membrane from the anterior capsule for capsulorhexis contraction after phacoemulsification in aphakic patients

Kan Koizumi; Akihide Watanabe; Noriko Koizumi; Shigeru Kinoshita

doi:10.1016/s0886-3350(02)01280-4

Peeling the fibrous membrane from the anterior capsule for capsulorhexis contraction after phacoemulsification in aphakic patients

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2002 Oct;28(10):1728-32. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(02)01280-4.

Authors

Kan Koizumi¹, Akihide Watanabe, Noriko Koizumi, Shigeru Kinoshita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. kkoizumi@opth.kpu-m.ac.jp

PMID: 12388019
DOI: 10.1016/s0886-3350(02)01280-4

Abstract

We report a method for peeling the fibrous membrane from the anterior capsule without damaging the posterior capsule in patients with capsule contraction syndrome after cataract surgery. We also report 2 cases in which the technique was successfully used.

MeSH terms

Aged
Anterior Eye Segment / surgery*
Aphakia, Postcataract / surgery*
Capsulorhexis / adverse effects*
Contracture / etiology
Contracture / surgery*
Female
Fibrosis
Humans
Lens Capsule, Crystalline / pathology
Lens Capsule, Crystalline / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Phacoemulsification / adverse effects*
Syndrome