[Comparative evaluation of treating opacities of posterior lens capsule in pseudophakia by surgical and laser methods].

The authors presented results of treatment of 230 cases of posterior lens capsule opacities after cataract extraction with IOL implantation. In 200 cases, Nd: YAG laser of Q-Switch type was applied, in 30 capsulotomy was made with classic surgical method through pars plana. Both methods were highly efficacious. The most common complications after laser capsulotomy were traces on the lens and increase of the intraocular pressure. No retinal complications were observed. After surgical incisions of the posterior lens capsule, in some cases inflammatory reactions occurred and, in 3, retinal complications. They were retinal detachment in 2 eyes and macular edema in 1 eye. Follow-up of the patients treated with laser was 3 years and those with surgical method 5 years.