Complications in Posterior Chambers Lens Implantation in Hai Yai Hospital.

Pramote Rohitopakarn, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology, Hai Yai Hospital, Songkha, Thailand 

  Abstract Five hundred eyes underwent extracapsular lens extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in Hat Yai Hospital from March 1986 to January 1990.

   Twenty eight had intraoperative complication of descemet's membrane detachment, tear posterior capsule and vitreous loss. Eighteen had post-operative complication of after cataract, dislocated IOL, uveitis and endophthalmitis. These low rate of complications command considerable attention. Although extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber implantation if of unrivaled safely and efficacy, there is currently interest in using intraocular lens as a method of correcting aphakia following cataract extraction in developing country like Thailand.

Thai J Ophthalmol 1989; June 3 (1): 5-11