Description of Event or Problem · 1
"FIVE PATIENTS (3 MALE, 2 FEMALE) WERE IDENTIFIED TO HAVE DEVELOPED IOL OPACIFICATION AFTER DSAEK SURGERY, WITH AVERAGE AGE OF 75.8 YEARS (RANGE 71-81). ALL PATIENTS UNDERWENT DSAEK FOR CORNEAL DECOMPENSATION SECONDARY TO FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY AND HAVE RECEIVED HYDROPHILIC ACRYLIC IOL MODELS DURING THEIR PRIOR CATARACT SURGERY, INCLUDING 4 WITH SOFTEC 1 ((B)(4)) AND 1 WITH 570C ((B)(4)). ALL PATIENTS HAVE DEVELOPED A CENTRAL CRYSTALLINE OPACIFICATION ON THE ANTERIOR ASPECT OF THE IOL, OCCURRING BETWEEN 5 MONTHS AND UP TO 6 YEARS AFTER DSAEK SURGERY." (QUOTE SOURCE: INTRAOCULAR LENS OPACIFICATION AFTER DESCEMET'S STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY. AUTHORS: P. MORGAN-WARREN AND A. PATEL). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO RAYNER INTRAOCULAR LENSES LIMITED'S MDR 9611165-2014-00065.