“…[6][7][8][9][10] Clear lens extraction should not be delayed in the presence of splitting or cracking in the anterior lens capsule as surgical results in the presence of a ruptured capsule (the tears can be large, uncontrolled, and peripheral) can be less than ideal. 6 In addition, the peripheral parts of the anterior lenticular capsule have multilayer epithelial cells with an increased propensity to proliferate, 13,14 unlike the peripheral capsule in normal eyes in which the epithelial cells are in a single layer and of uniform thickness.…”