Placement of a secondary foldable intraocular lens over a capsule remnant

A bilaterally aphakic patient received a silicone intraocular lens (IOL) over an intact capsular bag. The fellow eye had a large capsule rupture. Implantation of a 3-piece silicone IOL was attempted over the capsule remnant and achieved without complication. One year postoperatively, the IOL remaine...

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Published inJournal of cataract and refractive surgery Vol. 24; no. 8; pp. 1161 - 1163
Main Author Bruening, Fritz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Aged
Aphakia, Postcataract - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Lens Capsule, Crystalline - pathology
Lens Implantation, Intraocular - methods
Lenses, Intraocular
Male
Medical sciences
Silicone Elastomers
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the eye and orbit
Visual Acuity
Case study
Human
Eye disease
Secondary
Lens disease
Surgery
Posterior chamber
Intraocular lens
Aphaquia
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Summary:A bilaterally aphakic patient received a silicone intraocular lens (IOL) over an intact capsular bag. The fellow eye had a large capsule rupture. Implantation of a 3-piece silicone IOL was attempted over the capsule remnant and achieved without complication. One year postoperatively, the IOL remained stable.
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ISSN:0886-3350
1873-4502
DOI:10.1016/S0886-3350(98)80113-2