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  • Title: Posterior capsule rupture by blunt ocular trauma.
    Author: Saika S, Kin K, Ohmi S, Ohnishi Y.
    Journal: J Cataract Refract Surg; 1997; 23(1):139-40. PubMed ID: 9100124.
    Abstract:
    A patient with posterior lens capsule rupture caused by blunt trauma and in whom the anterior capsule and the remainder of the eyeball structure was intact had phacoemulsification and aspiration of the crystalline lens with implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens. Further rupture of the capsule was prevented by the fibrosis, which tightened the margin of the ruptured capsule. This case shows that blunt trauma can rupture the posterior lens capsule, leaving the anterior capsule intact.
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