Intraocular lens opacification

Although intraocular lens opacification is uncommon, multiple different patterns of opacities have been described according to the intraocular lens material. A wellknown complication of silicone lenses is the adherence of silicone droplets on the lens surface after silicone oil injection at the time of retinal surgery. These droplets are nearly impossible to displace (Figure 1). Furthermore, these droplets hamper the patient’s vision as well as the physician’s view of the posterior pole. Thus, the compromised intraocular lens will require an exchange⁽¹⁾.

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1. Durr GM, Ahmed IIK. Intraocular lens complications: decentration, uveitisglaucomahyphema syndrome, opacification, and refractive surprises. Ophthalmology. 2021;128(11):e186e194.

Submitted for publication: December 16, 2024.
Accepted for publication: December 16, 2024.

Informed consent was obtained from all patients included in this study.

Funding: This study received no specific financial support.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.