The Changes in the Area of the Anterior Capsulotomy Size.

Shin, Jun Woo; Chung, Sung Kun; Baek, Nam Ho

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2001;42(7):972-976.
Published online July 1, 2001.

The Changes in the Area of the Anterior Capsulotomy Size.

Jun Woo Shin, Sung Kun Chung, Nam Ho Baek

¹Department of Ophthalmology, St. Paul's Hospital, Collage of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. eyedoc@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
²Department of Ophthalmology, St. Mary's Hospital, Collage of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.

수정체낭 전낭절개의 면적 변화

신준우(Jun Woo Shin),정성근(Sung Kun Chung),백남호(Nam Ho Baek)

Abstract

PURPOSE
To investigate whether there was any difference in anterior capsular opening area between the use of silicone intraocular lens(IOL) and acrylic IOL after continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis(CCC). METHODS: In 42 eyes, acrylic IOL(Acrysof(R), Alcon, U.S.A.) were inserted into the capsular bag during phacoemulsification, and in 36 eyes silicone IOL(Chiroflex II(R) , Chiron, U.S.A.) were inserted. The reduction rate of anterior capsular opening area at first, second, third and sixth postoperative month were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: On the whole, the reduction in anterior capsular opening area was larger by 0.574 mm 2 when silicone IOL was used, but the different was not statistically significant(P= .061). The result was the same at 1 month(P= .149), 2 months(P= .144), 3 months(P= .223), 6 months(P= .163) after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that there was little difference in the changes of anterior capsular opening area after CCC between the use of silicone IOL and acylic IOL, and other factors should be considered.

Key Words: Acrylic IOL;Anterior capsular opening area;Silicone IOL