Combined phacoemulsification and pars plana vitrectomy: clear corneal versus scleral incisions: prospective randomized multicenter study.

Purpose: To compare the complications and outcomes of implantation of a foldable intraocular lens (IOL) through a clear corneal incision and implantation of a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) IOL through a scleral incision in combined phacoemulsification and pars plana vitrectomy.

Setting: Departments of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus Hospital, Muenster, Eye Hospital, Muelheim, and University of Essen, Essen, Germany.