Dacron fixation of an intraocular posterior chamber lens

Fourteen patients underwent intracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation using a posterior chamber lens fixated with Dacron. IOL implantation was uncomplicated, and there was no vitreous loss duirng surgery. IOL fixation occurred within five to eight days after surgery, and all but one pupil could be dilated without lens dislocation. This patient had received atropine drops inadvertently after surgery. Fluorescein angioscopy did not demonstrate cystoid macular edema in the 11 patients who were available for examination and who did not have pre-existing macular disease.