Observing posterior capsule lens haptics in living postoperative eyes.

The cycloscope, an aid for observing the ciliary body, was used to study lens haptic fixation in 100 living eyes (200 haptics). Although the whole aspect of the lens could be viewed in only about 20 haptics (10%), in 102 haptics (51%), judgment about whether fixation was in or out of the bag could be made based on the relationship of the visible part of the lens haptic and the surrounding tissues. Thus, the method was found to be useful in studying the fixation mechanism of posterior chamber lens haptics in living postoperative eyes. Two cases of J-loop posterior chamber lens implantation studied by cycloscopy are reported.