[Surgical treatment of lenses dislocated to the vitreous cavity]

Removal of the lens dislocated to the vitreous body is one of the most difficult problems in ophthalmic surgery. The authors present 8 consecutive cases in which the lenses luxated to the vitreous were removed. Pars plana vitrectomy was used to free the lenses from the surrounding adhesions and to carry them over to the pupillary region. Then the limbal incision was performed to remove them from the eye. Good anatomical and functional results achieved in the described cases point to the suitability of this operative method.