Biomaterial Database

Total anterior capsule closure after silicone intraocular lens implantation. 1996

J J Martínez Toldos, and A Artola Roig, and E Chipont Benabent

Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante, Spain.

An 84-year-old man with a nuclear cataract had phacoemulsification, continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, and implantation of a silicone intraocular lens. Two months later, the patient had vision loss and severe anterior capsule fibrosis, leading to complete posterior chamber lens encapsulation. After a capsular opening was created with a neodymium:YAG laser, visual acuity returned to the preoperative level of 20/30.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007903	Lens Capsule, Crystalline	The thin noncellular outer covering of the CRYSTALLINE LENS composed mainly of COLLAGEN TYPE IV and GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS. It is secreted by the embryonic anterior and posterior epithelium. The embryonic posterior epithelium later disappears.	Capsule, Crystalline Lens,Capsules, Crystalline Lens,Crystalline Lens Capsule,Crystalline Lens Capsules,Lens Capsules, Crystalline
D007910	Lenses, Intraocular	Artificial implanted lenses.	Implantable Contact Lens,Lens, Intraocular,Contact Lens, Implantable,Intraocular Lens,Intraocular Lenses,Lens, Implantable Contact
D008297	Male		Males
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D005355	Fibrosis	Any pathological condition where fibrous connective tissue invades any organ, usually as a consequence of inflammation or other injury.	Cirrhosis,Fibroses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D000869	Anterior Eye Segment	The front third of the eyeball that includes the structures between the front surface of the cornea and the front of the VITREOUS BODY.	Anterior Eye Segments,Eye Segment, Anterior,Eye Segments, Anterior,Segment, Anterior Eye,Segments, Anterior Eye
D012826	Silicone Elastomers	Polymers of silicone that are formed by crosslinking and treatment with amorphous silica to increase strength. They have properties similar to vulcanized natural rubber, in that they stretch under tension, retract rapidly, and fully recover to their original dimensions upon release. They are used in the encapsulation of surgical membranes and implants.	Elastomers, Silicone,Rubber Silicone,Silicone Rubber,Elastosil,Microfil,SE-30,Elastosils,Microfils,SE 30,SE30,Silicone Elastomer