Outcomes of three-piece rigid scleral fixated intraocular lens implantation in subjects with deficient posterior capsule following complications in manual small incision cataract surgery

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the surgical visual outcomes of three-piece rigid scleral fixated intraocular lens (SFIOL) implantation in subjects with deficient posterior capsule following complications of cataract extraction. DESIGN: Retrospective 4-year cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: Data from 174 eyes that underwent SFIOL combined with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) between January 2018 and March 2022 and follow-up exams were included. METHODS: Demographic characteristics including primary indications for surgery, history of trauma, laterality, baseline and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), refraction as spherical equivalent (SE), intraocular pressure (IOP), duration of follow-up, and complications were analyzed. RESULTS: The mean preoperative BCVA was 1.38 ± 0.46 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR), which improved significantly to 0.37 ± 0.22 logMAR. The baseline refractive status measured in spherical equivalent (SE) was 4.1 ± 6.2 Diopters (D), and the postoperative status was −0.4 ± 0.97 D. Early postoperative complications included hypotony (n = 1; 0.57%, vitreous hemorrhage (n = 3; 1.72%), elevated IOP (n = 8; 4.59%), mild dilated pupil (n = 1; 0.57%) and corneal edema (n = 16; 9.19%). Late complications included in this study were retinal detachment (n = 1; 0.57%), cystoid macular edema (CME) (n = 1; 0.57%), primary glaucoma (n = 1; 0.57%), secondary glaucoma (n = 13; 7.47%), zonular dehiscence (n = 3; 1.72%), retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) changes (n = 3; 1.72%), choroidal coloboma (n = 2; 1.14%), posterior dislocation of posterior chamber IOL (PCIOL) (n = 1; 0.57%), corneal decompensation (n = 1; 0.57%), retinal hemorrhage (n = 1; 0.57%), macular hole (n = 1; 0.57%), chronic uveitis (n = 1; 0.57%), mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) (n = 3; 1.72%), and mild NPDR with diabetic macular edema (DME) (n = 1; 0.57%). CONCLUSION: Integrating IOL implantation with vitrectomy various posterior segment complications were resolved in the same setting without attempting a second surgery.