Purpose: To determine the effect of intraocular lens (IOL) type and anterior capsulectomy technique on the incidence of posterior capsule opacification.
Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey.
Methods: Three hundred two eyes of 294 patients were examined retrospectively after IOL implantation in the capsular bag performed between February 1991 and November 1996. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to IOL type: poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); heparin-surface-modified PMMA (HSM PMMA); plate-haptic silicone. Envelope capsulectomy or continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) was used. Mean follow-up was 27 months (range 12 to 33 months).
Results: Posterior capsule opacification developed in 47 cases (15.6%): 21.7% in the PMMA lens group after planned extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE), 17.4% in the HSM PMMA lens group after planned ECCE, and 7.7% in the plate-haptic silicone lens group after phacoemulsification. Posterior capsule opacification occurred less in patients who had anterior capsulectomy using the CCC technique (11.5%) than in those having an envelope capsulectomy (24.5%) (P < .05). Posterior capsule opacification was significantly less in eyes with a capsular-bag-fixated plate-haptic silicone lens than in those with a PMMA or HSM PMMA IOL (P < .05).
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the anterior capsulectomy technique and the IOL type influence the incidence of PCO.
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