Restructuration kinetics of amphiphilic intraocular lenses during aging.

Photooxidation and hydrolysis are the two primary aging factors of intraocular lenses. Opacifications, dislocations, glistening and yellowing of the implanted acrylic lenses, which are due to chain scissions and depolymerization, are the consequences of aging from the clinical perspective. The purpose of this study was to examine the consequence of the aging of intraocular lenses on chemical and surface properties.