Anterior capsule phimosis in presence of capsular tension ring.

摘要

We would like to congratulate Zaugg et al. for their excellent documentation and make a few additional observations. Many of the reported cases of anterior flexing of haptics have been in eyes in which a 4-looped single-piece hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) had been implanted. This phenomenon has also been reported with single-piece hydrophobic IOLs. The common factor in these cases is pliable IOL material, although IOL design could also play a part in certain cases. Thus, it may be preferable to implant an IOL with a stronger centrifugal haptic force and an acrylate-methacrylate polymer optic in cases predisposed to capsule phimosis to prevent lens infolding.