Phakic intraocular lenses. [PDF]
The main objective of refractive surgery is improving the patient’s quality of life by decreasing their dependence on spectacles and contact lenses. In the majority of cases, we, refractive surgeons, are dealing with young healthy individuals with excellent quality of vision; they are seeking no less than excellent uncorrected visual acuity with at ...
Chaudhry IA, El Danasoury MA.
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Phakic intraocular lenses and their special indications [PDF]
Phakic intraocular lenses revolutionize refractive surgery and continue to serve as an excellent option for vision correction in patients who are not ideal candidates for laser vision correction.
Roberto Pineda, Tulika Chauhan
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Comparison between toric and spherical phakic intraocular lenses combined with astigmatic keratotomy for high myopic astigmatism [PDF]
Background To compare the outcomes of a toric phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) and a spherical PIOL combined with astigmatic keratotomy (AK) for the correction of high myopic astigmatism.
Lin-Yan Zheng +5 more
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Indications for exchange of posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens in high myopia [PDF]
Purpose: To enumerate and analyze the indications for the exchange of phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) in patients with high myopia. Design: Retrospective observational case series.
Priyanka Sudanaboina +1 more
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Phakic intraocular lenses [PDF]
Sinha Rajesh +2 more
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Diagnostic Techniques to Increase the Safety of Phakic Intraocular Lenses [PDF]
Preoperative and postoperative diagnostics play an important role in ensuring the safety of patients with phakic intraocular lenses (pIOLs). The risk of endothelial cell loss can be addressed by regularly measuring the endothelial cell density using ...
Tadas Naujokaitis +4 more
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Myopic Correction with Iris-Fixated Phakic Intraocular Lenses: Twelve-Year Results [PDF]
Purpose. To evaluate a 12-year follow-up of myopic patients after iris-fixated phakic intraocular lenses (IF pIOLs) implantation. Setting. Ophthalmology Department, Military University Hospital in Prague (Czech Republic). Design.
Iveta Nemcova +8 more
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Phakic intraocular lenses: An overview.
Phakic intraocular lenses (pIOLs) are a common solution for the surgical correction of high myopia and myopia in thin corneas. Global trends result in increasing rates of patients with high myopia which will result in increased rates of pIOL implantation.
Jonker SMR +4 more
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Phakic Intraocular Lenses for Myopia
Phakic intraocular lenses (PIOLs) are gaining popularity as an alternative to wearing spectacles for correction of myopia in patients who are not appropriate candidates for traditional corneal refractive surgery (CRS). Although the visual outcome of such
Hee Seung Chin
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Comparison of Adhesion of Immortalized Human Iris-Derived Cells and Fibronectin on Phakic Intraocular Lenses Made of Different Polymer Base Materials [PDF]
Background and Objectives: Posterior chamber phakic implantable contact lenses (Phakic-ICL) are widely used for refractive correction due to their efficacy and safety, including minimal corneal endothelial cell loss.
Kei Ichikawa +5 more
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