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. 2018 May 22;2018(5):CD011977. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011977.pub2

2. Adverse effects: intraoperative complications.

Study Study population:
number of participants (number of eyes)
Number of intraoperative complication(s) Details of intraoperative complication(s)
Bandyopadhyay 2016 Blue‐light filtering IOLs: n = 65 (65); this group combined individuals assigned to 2 different blue‐light filtering IOLs
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 33 (33)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Barisic 2007 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 30 (60)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 30 (60)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Caporossi 2007 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 50 (100); this group combined individuals assigned to 2 different blue‐light filtering IOLs
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 75 (150); this group combined individuals assigned to 3 different non‐blue‐light filtering IOLs
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Cui 2009 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 39 (41)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 18 (20)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Cuthbertson 2009 Overall: n = 31 (31) Not reported One participant developed endophthalmitis and was removed from the trial, being replaced (after re‐randomisation) by another individual. There was one anterior capsular rim tear and one posterior capsule tear without vitreous loss. No details were provided in relation to which group(s) the adverse events occurred in.
Espíndola 2012a Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 27 (27)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 52 (77)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Falkner Radler 2008 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 30 (30)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 30 (30)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Kim 2011a Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = ? (42)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = ? (26)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Kim 2011b Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 23 (23)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 16 (16)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Leibovitch 2006 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 9 (9)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 10 (10)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Marshall 2005 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 150 (300)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 147 (294)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 1
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
There was one case of lens dislocation during surgery in the blue‐light filtering IOL group, in a case in which a posterior capsule rupture had occurred during cataract extraction.
Monnet 2009 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 19 (19)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 40 (40); this group combined individuals assigned to 2 different non‐blue‐light filtering IOLs.
Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 2
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
In the blue‐light filtering IOL lens group "two IOLs were placed with 1 haptic in the capsular bag and 1 haptic outside the capsular bag; these 2 patients were also excluded from the final statistical analysis."
Pandita 2007 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 73 (73); this group combined individuals assigned to 2 different blue‐light filtering IOLs.
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 36 (36)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Raj 2005 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 30 (30)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 30 (30)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Schmidinger 2008 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 31 (31)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 31 (31)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable
Vuori 2006 Blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 19 (25)
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: n = 18 (27)
Blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Non‐blue‐light filtering IOL: none
Not applicable

IOL: intraocular lens