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Cumulative neodymium:YAG laser rates after bag-in-the-lens and lens-in-the-bag intraocular lens implantation Comparative study.

Leysen I, Coeckelbergh T, Gobin L, Smet H, Daniel Y, De Groot V, Tassignon MJ

From the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.

PURPOSE: To study the cumulative neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) laser rate after bag-in-the-lens implantation (Morcher 89A) and lens-in-the-bag implantation (Morcher 92S) of 2 intraocular lenses (IOLs) of the same biomaterial. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. METHODS: This study comprised 100 eyes of 87 patients who had the bag-in-the-lens IOL implantation between January 2000 and August 2004. The postoperative follow-up ranged between 17 and 72 months. One hundred eyes of 94 patients of the same age and with the same follow-up period received the lens-in-the-bag IOL. The cumulative Nd:YAG laser frequency rates in both groups were calculated, and the cumulative incidence rates were defined by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. RESULTS: No Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy was performed in eyes having bag-in-the-lens IOL implantation. A laser capsulotomy was performed in 20 eyes having lens-in-the-bag IOL implantation; the cumulative frequency in this group was 2% at 1 year and 20% at 71 months, with a plateau beginning at 42 months. The cumulative incidence rate of Nd:YAG posterior capsulotomy was approximately 2% at 1 year, increasing to approximately 28% at 42 months. CONCLUSIONS: The cumulative Nd:YAG laser rate after bag-in-the-lens implantation was zero. A zero rate has not been reported with lens-in-the-bag implantation of an IOL of the same biomaterial or of other biomaterials, as published in the literature. Thus, it can be concluded that the bag-in-the-lens implantation technique has 100% effectiveness against posterior capsule opacification.

Published 1 December 2006 in J Cataract Refract Surg, 32(12): 2085-90.
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