AIM:To evaluate how to deal with the intraocular lens(IOL)with broken loop during surgery.

METHODS: The ways how to deal with the IOL with broken loop during the surgery of twenty-five patients twenty-five eyes from March 2006 to May 2011 were reviewed and summarized: one way was that IOL with broken loop were implanted into capsules(twenty-three eyes), another way was that IOL with broken loop were replaced in surgery or after operation(two eyes).

RESULTS: From the twenty-five eyes, one IOL with broken loop was replaced in surgery, one IOL with broken loop was replaced the third day after operation because of the serious dislocation downwards, the rest were on their locations; one month after operation eight eyes had best-corrected visual acuity with spectacles of 0.8-1.0, fourteen eyes were 0.5-0.8, only one eye was 0.2(combining with diabetic retinopathy), all were on their locations; six months after operation fifteen eyes were on their locations.

CONCLUSION: Most of IOLs with broken loop would neither dislocate nor affect the increase of visual acuity if they are implanted to suitable location in capsule, it is one of choice to deal with the emergency.