PURPOSE: To describe a 43-year-old man who presented with a nuclear cataract in the right eye after a previous collamer lens (Visian Implantable Collamer Lens [ICL]; STAAR Surgical, Monrovia, CA) implantation procedure. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: Before the ICL was removed, femtosecond-laser-assisted capsulotomy, crystalline lens fragmentation, and limbal relaxing incisions were performed sequentially. After explantation of the ICL, the phacoemulsification procedure was performed simultaneously with intraocular lens implantation. CONCLUSIONS: Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery can be done in an eye with previous ICL implantation, but may prove to be more challenging than routine cases without an ICL in situ. Copyright 2016, SLACK Incorporated.
PURPOSE: To describe a 43-year-old man who presented with a nuclear cataract in the right eye after a previous collamer lens (Visian Implantable Collamer Lens [ICL]; STAAR Surgical, Monrovia, CA) implantation procedure. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: Before the ICL was removed, femtosecond-laser-assisted capsulotomy, crystalline lens fragmentation, and limbal relaxing incisions were performed sequentially. After explantation of the ICL, the phacoemulsification procedure was performed simultaneously with intraocular lens implantation. CONCLUSIONS: Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery can be done in an eye with previous ICL implantation, but may prove to be more challenging than routine cases without an ICL in situ. Copyright 2016, SLACK Incorporated.