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All patients received phacoemulsification surgery with implantation of a hydrophobic acrylic IOL and capsular tension ring (CTR). ACO reductions were measured for six months after enrolment. Data on late IOL dislocations were collected five years after enrolment of the last patient. Results: Fifty-three patients were enrolled from 2011 to 2015. Over the six-month active follow-up period, ACO area reduction was 23% in patients receiving CTRs of 11 mm diameter and 8% for patients with CTRs of 12 mm, with an overall mean of 15% reduction. Five years after the last patient was enrolled, seven patients (13%) had experienced late IOL-CTR-capsular bag dislocation. For these patients, the mean ACO reduction in the first six months of follow-up was 33%, including for those who had received neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) anterior capsulotomies. Conclusion: Use of hydrophobic acrylic lenses and CTR reduces ACO contraction, with rates comparable to those after cataract surgery without ocular comorbidity. Our patients experienced a relatively high rate of late IOL-CTR-capsular bag dislocation. However, dislocated complexes were easily repositioned and few patients required IOL exchange. Frequent visits are warranted to promptly detect late complications of cataract surgery in patients with weak zonular support.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina57010035","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,3]],"date-time":"2021-01-03T19:54:46Z","timestamp":1609703686000},"page":"35","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Anterior Capsule Opening Contraction and Late Intraocular Lens Dislocation after Cataract Surgery in Patients with Weak or Partially Absent Zonular Support"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"57","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8282-8685","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juris","family":"Vanags","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Ophthalmology, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ren\u0101rs","family":"Erts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1079 Riga, Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guna","family":"Laganovska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Ophthalmology, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"664","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ophtha.2008.11.018","article-title":"Late In-the-Bag Spontaneous Intraocular Lens Dislocation: Evaluation of 86 Consecutive Cases","volume":"116","author":"Davis","year":"2009","journal-title":"Ophthalmology"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"229","article-title":"Possible Predisposing Factors for Late Intraocular Lens Dislocation after Routine Cataract Surgery","volume":"49","author":"Krepste","year":"2013","journal-title":"Medicina (Kaunas)"},{"key":"ref_3","first-page":"954","article-title":"Late In-the-Bag Spontaneous IOL Dislocation: Risk Factors and Surgical Outcomes","volume":"12","author":"Subasi","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int. 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