Clinical effects of the AC-IOL implantation.

Objective To observe the clinical effects and complications of flexible open-loop anterior chamber intraocular lens and evaluate its safety. Methods Sixteen AC-IOL implanted eyes were followed up postoper-atively for 1 to 18 months, their vision, corneal and intraocular pressure were observed.The operation was phacoemulsification combined with primary or secondary AC - IOL implantation. Results One week postopera-tively,the visual acuity of 18.8% eyey was 0.5, 68.8% was 0.1 ~ 0.5 and 12.5% was 0.1. There were corneal endothelial edema in 85.7% eyes with primary implantation and 44.4% eyes with secondary implantation. There were 68.8 % eyes with peripheral anterior synechia. There were 18.8% eyes with increased intraocular pressure. Conclusion The flexible open-loop anterior chamber intraocular lens implantation is easy to do. We can chose this method when without the posterior capsular support,but the long term effects and complications should be observed.