Retinal detachment after cataract extraction and refractive lens exchange in highly myopic patients.

Purpose: To assess the refractive effects and incidence of postoperative complications in patients with high myopia after cataract extraction.

Setting: University Eye Clinic, Trieste, Italy.

Methods: This noncomparative retrospective study comprised all eyes (N = 388) having cataract extraction and implantation of an intraocular lens with a power less than 11.

Capsular block syndrome associated with horizontal jerk nystagmus.

A 78-year-old cataract patient with horizontal jerk nystagmus had phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the capsular bag with continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. One week postoperatively, the posterior capsule ballooned posteriorly, the anterior capsule opening was sealed to the IOL optic, and a transparent liquefied substance accumulated between the lens optic and the posterior capsule. The best corrected visual acuity was 0.