Management of Traumatic Cataract with Posterior Capsular Rupture: A Case Report and In Vitro Model Study

Table 1

Characteristics of four cases of traumatic cataract with posterior capsular rupture only.

Case	1	2	3	4
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Male
Age (years)	18	33	47	33
Eye	OD	OS	OD	OS
Trauma	Hit by a stick	Impacted by a chair	Struck by a wood	Hit by a stone
Referral time	3 hours after trauma	2 years after trauma	1 year after trauma	15 days after trauma
Operation time	5 days after trauma	2 years after trauma	1 year after trauma	17 days after trauma
Clinical signs
Cornea and anterior chamber	Edematous cornea, hyphaemas	Not involved	Not involved	Not involved
Lens	Posterior capsule ruptured transversely	Posterior capsule torn longitudinally	Posterior capsule torn longitudinally	Posterior capsule ruptured longitudinally
Vitreous	Vitreous prolapsing into the lens cortex	Not involved	Not involved	Not involved
Surgery
Phacoemulsification	No	No	No	No
Aspiration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Anterior vitrectomy	Yes	No	No	No
Anterior hyaloid membrane	Ruptured	Intact	Intact	Intact
IOL implantation	In sulcus	In the bag	In the bag	In the bag
Preoperative UCVA	CF	10/20	HM	HM
UCVA 3 days after operation	20/20	20/25	20/25	20/25
Complications	None	None	None	None

CF: counting fingers; HM: hand motion; IOL: intraocular lens; OD: right eye; OS: left eye; UCVA: uncorrected visual acuity.