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Late Onset Secondary Cataract Following Implantation of an Iris-fixated Phakic Intraocular Lens JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY Liu, A., Manche, E. E. 2011; 27 (4): 305-308

Abstract

To report a case of bilateral late onset anterior cortical cataract following implantation of an iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (pIOL).Single observational case report.Three and a half years following uncomplicated consecutive implantation of iris-fixated pIOL in both eyes, anterior cortical cataract changes inferiorly emanating from the site of enclavation of the lens in the right eye were noted. By 7 years after implantation, anterior cortical cataract changes were seen emanating from the enclavation sites superiorly and inferiorly in both eyes. These cataracts did not cause any loss of corrected distance visual acuity.This case demonstrates that a potential complication of an iris-fixated pIOL is late onset secondary cataract formation.

View details for DOI 10.3928/1081597X-20100812-01

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View details for PubMedID 20795584