A 57-year-old male patient presented to our clinic with a history of blurred vision in the right eye for 10 days. He had no recent systemic disease or ocular trauma history, but he remembered that blurred vision developed just after straining to lift a heavy object. His medical record showed that he underwent uneventful phacoemulsification with capsular bag implantation of a posterior chamber IOL in the right eye under local anesthesia 11 years ago in our institute. The IOL (model AQ2003V, STAAR® Surgical Co., Monrovia, CA, USA) was a three-piece biconvex lens with a 6.3-mm optic and polyimide haptics, and the overall diameter was 12.5 mm. The haptics had a C-shaped configuration and a flat angulation. Postoperatively, the uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was 20/20.\nAt presentation, the visual acuity of right eye was 20/60, and the intraocular pressure (IOP) was 11 mmHg by noncontact tonometer. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/20 (−2.25 Dsph = −1.00 Dcyl Ax 90). On slit-lamp examination, the pupil was distorted, and the IOL optic and a proximal part of a nasal fractured haptic were found in the anterior chamber, with cells 3+. After dilation, both ends of the fractured IOL haptic fragment were found to be aligned close to each other at the margin of the capsulotomy, with most of the haptic loop located in the bag []. Severe capsular fibrosis was also noted. Fundus examination revealed no specific abnormality. The corneal endothelial count was 2075/mm2 by specular microscope.\nTo prevent further complication, an operation was performed. Under retrobulbar anesthesia, the dislocated IOL including attached haptic fragment was removed. During operation, the fractured distal haptic fragment was noted and left in the bag. Then, a three-piece IOL (ZA9003, Tecnis®, Abbott Medical Optics, Santa Ana, IL, USA) was fixed in the ciliary sulcus. The extracted IOL was checked grossly, and the fracture site of the haptic was near the optic–haptic junction [].\nOn postoperative day 1, the UCVA was 20/25 and IOP was 10 mmHg. The IOL was fixed in the sulcus and postoperatively there were no further complications. At the most recent presentation, which was 3 weeks after operation, the UCVA was 20/25 and the IOL was well positioned.
A 56-year-old man presented with a 15-day history of sudden, painless blurring of vision in his right eye.\nPrevious ophthalmic history included an uneventful MSICS (manual small incision cataract surgery) and successful extraction of a mature cataract with a foldable hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens in the right eye 36 months before presentation.\nAt 1 month follow-up the patient had a visual acuity of 20/20 with –0.25 DS.\nAt 18 months after the surgery, the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) decreased to 20/40 and in the slit lamp examination, a visually significant posterior capsular opacification was found with no other significant ocular finding. Nd: YAG capsulotomy was performed and BCVA of 20/20 achieved at an uneventful follow-up 10 days post procedure.\n17 months after capsulotomy the patient presented with painless diminution of vision. BCVA was 20/60. Slit lamp examination showed anterior in-the-bag intraocular lens dislocation (Figure 1 ). Intraocular pressure was 15 mm Hg. There were no abnormal findings in the fundus on examination by indirect ophthalmoscopy with 20D lens.\nIt was managed with intraocular lens explantation with bag, anterior vitrectomy and scleral fixated intraocular lens using scleral flap and four point technique.\nThird day follow-up was uneventful with visual acuity of 20/30 and one month follow-up with a best corrected visual acuity of 20/20 (Figure 2 ).\nFigure 3 shows the result a month after surgery. End result was uncomplicated pseudophakia at end of 6 weeks.