NOVEL INDICATION FOR THE USE OF ADD ON INTRAOCULAR LENS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CAPSULAR BAG DISTENSION SYNDROME

To report on a novel indication for the use on an add on / piggyback IOL in the management fo capsular bag distension syndrome following refractive lens exchange.

Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Ayr, Ayr, Scotland, UK

Invertentional case report. A 65 year caucasian female  a know hyperope underwnet refractive lens exchange with bilateral implantation of trifocal introacularl lenses. The surgical procedure was uneventful. In the post operative period she was noted to have a myopic surprise in the right eye. Clinical investigations revealed capsular bag distension syndrome in the right eye which was initially treated with yag laser posterior capsultomy.

To deal with the residual refractive error causby the capsular bag distension she underwent a secondary add on IOL implanation as a plannded secondary elective procedure which resulted in emmetropial.

Add on / piggyback IOL can be a novel indcation for use in the management of residual refractive error following capsulr bag distension syndrome.