[Clinico-immunologic aspects of development of cataracts in patients with myopia]

The present study has been aimed at the detection of specific antibodies to the lens and its capsule in the circulating blood of patients with complicated myopic cataracts. The presence of these antibodies results in the development of the posterior capsule fibrosis, this leading to the migration of the cells from the equatorial area to the site of the capsule injury. The detection of the specific antibodies in the blood will help single out the risk group among the patients for whom implantation of a negative intraocular lens is indicated for the correction of high myopia. The presence of these antibodies may also help predict the development of a cataract in the postoperative period; besides, it may be used to create an immunological certificate, informing on the presence of antibodies specific for the lens or its capsule in the patient's circulating blood.