Incidence of posterior capsule opacification in eyes with and without posterior chamber intraocular lenses

Abstract

D than in those that did not. These findings suggest that the posterior chamber lens suppresses the two processes that lead to opacification: the development of a ring-shaped opacity at the site of contact between the anterior capsule rim and the posterior capsule and the migration of lens epithelial cells toward the center of the capsule. These suppressive effects were greater when the posterior chamber lens was fixated in the bag. aReprint requests to Okihiro Nishi, M.D., Nishi Eye Hospital, Higashinari-Ku, Nakamichi 4-14-26, Osaka, Japan. © Williams & Wilkins 1986. All Rights Reserved....