[Complications of intraocular lens implantation]

The authors analyze the causes of per- and postoperative complications of implantations of intraocular retropupillary lenses. In a group of 132 extracapsular extractions of cataract with implantation of an intraocular lens no marked decentering was found. The most frequent postoperative complication were transitory striae and fibrin exudates in the pupil. Only once the "toxic lens syndrome" was encountered. The fine cilia of the posterior capsule, pigment dispersion and changes in the width of the pupil did not affect markedly the visual functions of the organ. The authors did not observe regenerating cataracts, or fibroses of the posterior capsule (mainly because of the short follow up period).