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Spontaneous levitation of dropped nuclear fragment on first post-op day.
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On first post-op day, the nucleus fragment (of roughly the same size that had dropped into the vitreous) was seen to be floating in the anterior chamber in entirety (Figure 1).
Post-op status after viscoexpression and thorough anterior vitrectomy.
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Thorough anterior vitrectomy (cut rate 4000/s, vacuum 250 mmHg, aspiration 25 mL/min) was repeated and wound was closed with three interrupted 10-0 nylon sutures (Figure 2).
Final status of patient after insertion of three-piece foldable IOL in the sulcus with posterior optic capture.. IOL : Intracular lens.
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After 2 weeks, three-piece foldable IOL was placed in the sulcus with posterior optic capture and the patient attained a BCVA of 6/9P (Figure 3).