Surgical prevention of posterior capsule opacification: Part 1: progress in eliminating this complication of cataract surgery

• Published in: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 180 - 187
• Main Authors: Apple, David J, Peng, Qun, Visessook, Nithi, Werner, Liliana, Pandey, Suresh K, Escobar-Gomez, Marcela, Ram, Jagat, Whiteside, Stephen B, Schoderbeck, Robert, Ready, Edgar L, Guindi, Alfred
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.02.2000; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cadaver; Cataract - etiology; Cataract - prevention & control; Cataract Extraction - adverse effects; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Lens Capsule, Crystalline - pathology; Lens Implantation, Intraocular - methods; Lenses, Intraocular - standards; Medical sciences; Prosthesis Design; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the eye and orbit; Human; Postoperative; Cataract; Capsule; Prevention; Opacification; Eye disease; Lens disease; Treatment; Surgery; Posterior; Complication; Lens; Technique; Anterior segment disease

To evaluate over almost 2 decades the success of a component of cataract surgery that represents a critical step in reducing the incidence of posterior capsule opacification (PCO); namely, the efficacy of cortical cleanup. Center for Research on Ocular Therapeutics and Biodevices, Storm Eye Institut...