Rotational Stability of the Medicontur One-piece Hydrophylic Acrylic IOLs

Aim: Rotational Stability of Medicontur IOLs was examined in 34 eyes of 26 patients by a technique comparing postoperative photographs. Setting: St Imre Teaching Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Budapest, Hungary. Methods: At the end of the uneventful phacoemulsification and IOL implantation a small capsule cut was created at the site of the IOL haptics, before the OVD was washed out. Two tiny capsule flaps were torn off 180 degree apart, marking the intraocular location of the haptics. The speculum and the sterile drape were carefully removed to prevent rotation of the IOLs. Digital slit lamp pictures wer…