The reporter indicated the surgeon implanted an icl implantable collamer lens, in the patient's right eye (od), in (b)(6) 2008.At post-op 3 hours, the patient had severe nausea and vomiting, but no eye pain.The intraocular pressure was elevated.Post-op there was anterior chamber inflammation and appearance of diffuse whitish precipitates on the anterior surface of the crystalline lens, hypotony and mid-dilated mildly reactive pupil.With administration of topical and systemic steroids, the anterior chamber reaction subsided, and the anterior capsular deposits gradually resolved peripherally with some remaining centrally over the course of several weeks.The patient's visual acuity at 6 months was 20/20.The lens remains implanted.The cause of the event was due to retained viscoelastic in the eye, use of myostat and some iris manipulation in a hyperopic patient.The event was not due to the icl lens.
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