A 71-year-old male presented with decreased visual acuity in the left eye for 2-month duration. On ocular examination, the best-corrected visual acuity in the right and left eyes was 20/20 (MR−, +0.50Ds -0.50Dc Ax90) and 20/60 (MR-error), respectively. On slit lamp examination, an empty capsular bag with anterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) was found in the anterior chamber []. In addition, the slit lamp examination showed downward subluxation of a three-piece IOL and some vitreous strands in the anterior chamber in the mydriasis test []. The medical history of this patient was as follows. In 2009, he was diagnosed with a senile cataract (posterior subcapsular opacity type) in both eyes and underwent cataract surgery on both eyes in our clinic. There was no zonular weakness or pseudoexfoliation in the crystalline lens on the preoperative examination. The cataract surgery consisted of one-stitch, a 2.8-mm temporal clear corneal incision, phacoemulsification, and implantation of a three-piece hydrophobic acrylic IOL (TECNIS ZA9003, Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, CA, USA) in the left eye and a one-piece hydrophobic acrylic IOL (TECNIS ZCB00, Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, CA, USA) in the right eye. He denied accidental trauma before or after the cataract surgery. He also had no hereditary genetic diseases, including Marfan syndrome, homocystinuria, spherophakia, and retinitis pigmentosa. However, he stated that he had a habit of rubbing his eyes.\nThree years postoperatively, he presented with decreased visual acuity in the left eye and anterior dislocation of the capsular bag. The IOL was dislocated into the posterior chamber. We planned to reposition the IOL with scleral fixation of the existing lens. The dislocated capsular bag was extracted from the anterior chamber and spread on the corneal surface, and we observed a partial circumferential laceration along the equator of the capsular bag; that is, at the junction of the anterior and posterior capsular bags. The bag had an intact margin of anterior capsular curvilinear capsulorhexis [Fig. and ]. To reposition the IOL, two partial-thickness, limbal-based scleral flaps were created about 1.5 mm from the limbus, under which sclerotomies were performed. The IOL was repositioned through two 1-mm side punctures made using two 23-gauge end-gripping micro-capsulorhexis forceps (Micro Surgical Technology, Redmond, WA, USA), and both haptics were externalized under the scleral flap with Colibri forceps. The haptic ends were tucked into intralamellar scleral tunnels made with a 26-gauge needle. The scleral flaps and conjunctiva were closed with fibrin glue (Tisseel; Baxter, Deerfield, IL, USA; []). The surgery was completed with an anterior vitrectomy. This method, called a glued intrascleral fixation of the posterior chamber of the IOL, was introduced by Kumar et al.[] The uncorrected visual acuity recovered to 20/30 in the left eye [].
A 45-year-old Caucasian male presented with right eye cataract secondary to previous bilateral uveitis in 2008 at the age of 39. Background history includes type 2 diabetes diagnosed in 2011. Ocular history included herpetic keratouveitis with bilateral acute retinal necrosis diagnosed in 2006 (now quiescent) and bilateral relapsing remitting macular oedema treated with multiple IVTA injections. His preoperative right eye vision was counting fingers, and he underwent an uncomplicated phacoemulsification with a 19.0D Alcon SN60WF PCIOL inserted into the bag. Postoperatively, the patient continued to have intermittent severe macular oedema and received three further right eye IVTA injections between 2008 and 2013. His right eye vision has improved to 6/9 by February 2013; however, some right eye PCIOL dislocation was noted. Sixty-four months after his initial PCIOL implant, the patient was found to have right eye in-bag PCIOL dislocation and a vision of 6/24−1 in June 2013. Two months later, he underwent a right-sided anterior approach IOL extraction and secondary anterior chamber IOL implantation. On last review, his right eye vision was 6/36.