Risk and protective factors of late in-the-bag intraocular lens dislocations - a systematic review.

Topic: This article aimed to identify and review published articles addressing risk and protective factors of late in-the-bag (ITB) intraocular lens (IOL) dislocations.

Clinical Relevance: Prevention of this complication is of great importance considering the great number of cataract cases and its vision threatening capacity.

Methods: A structured search on PubMed (MEDLINE) using both Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and key words was conducted.