Collamer intraocular lens implantation with active uveitis

• Published in: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 2439 - 2443
• Main Author: Till, Jonathan Stanwood
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.12.2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cataract - complications; Female; Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use; Humans; Iritis - complications; Iritis - drug therapy; Laser Therapy; Lens Capsule, Crystalline - pathology; Lens Capsule, Crystalline - surgery; Lens Implantation, Intraocular - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Phacoemulsification - methods; Postoperative Complications - pathology; Postoperative Complications - surgery; Prednisolone - analogs & derivatives; Prednisolone - therapeutic use; Refraction, Ocular; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the eye and orbit; Uvea diseases; Visual Acuity; Eye disease; Treatment; Surgery; Uveitis; Implantation; Uvea disease; Ophthalmology; Intraocular lens
• ISSN: 0886-3350; 1873-4502
• DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00329-8

Two patients with active iritis developed cataracts and had successful cataract surgery with implantation of a Collamer (Staar Surgical, AG) intraocular lens (IOL). Both patients developed severe bilateral uveitis, which in 1 patient was refractory to control. Different IOL materials have been used in iritis patients with varying degrees of success. The IOLs used in these patients remained free of cellular and noncellular deposits, such as those that frequently develop on the anterior surface of IOLs in uveitis patients. Two of the 3 eyes developed a secondary membrane that was successfully treated by a neodymium:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy.