[Posterior chamber implantation in black Africa. Apropos of 150 cases with an 18 months follow-up].

The purpose of this article is to report our study of 150 cases of posterior chamber implantations carried out at the Hôpital Principal de Dakar between 1988 and 1991. We report the specific difficulties of such operations in black Africans and their complications and follow-up. At the end of this study, after observations over an eighteen month period, we noticed a visual acuity of more than 20/30 for 105 patients (70%) and a secondary cataract in 22 cases (14.6%). Despite less favourable material conditions, we think that such an operation can perfectly be made in Africa and that it gives quite acceptable results.