Morphological Findings of Intraocular Lens with Haptics Detached from Optics Following Cataract Surgery

A 55-year-old woman was treated using phacoemulsification, aspiration, and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Three months after surgery, the optical zone of the anterior capsule was completely closed due to strong capsular contractions. As the two haptics were found to be completely detached from the optics, the IOL was subsequently extracted and morphologically examined. Although the optics and haptics of the IOL when viewed with a stereomicroscope appeared to have no marked damage on their surfaces, an ultra-structural examination showed that a portion of the acrylic optics on the detached surface was defective. We considered that the IOL haptics might have become detached from the optics due to continuous force from postoperative capsular contractions.