University of Iowa Health Care

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

EyeRounds.org

Session 1: Oral Exam Potential Question

2) What is “optic capture”?

Answer

When the haptics of the IOL are placed in the sulcus but the optic is prolapsed posteriorly through the anterior capsulotomy (so that the optic is in the capsular bag).

last updated: 9/11/2013
  Share this page: