Large-scale opacification of a hydrophilic/hydrophobic intraocular lens.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence and risk factors related to the opacification of the LS-502-1 intraocular lens.

Methods: Cross-sectional study including patients submitted to cataract surgery between January 2010 and March 2012, with implantation of the LS-502-1 intraocular lens. Past medical history was registered and a complete ophthalmologic evaluation, that included best-corrected visual acuity, slit-lamp examination and fundoscopy, was performed.

Late postoperative opacification of a hydrophilic-hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens.

Purpose: To report late postoperative opacification of a model of hydrophilic-hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) as well as the clinical consequences and laboratory characteristics.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Design: Retrospective case series.