Korean J Ophthalmol.  2016 Feb;30(1):79-80. 10.3341/kjo.2016.30.1.79.

Optic Fracture of the Preloaded Intraocular Lens during Insertion

• Lee JY
• Kim JY

• KMID: 2363896
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2016.30.1.79

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged
Device Removal
Humans
*Intraoperative Complications
*Lens Implantation, Intraocular
*Lenses, Intraocular
Male
*Phacoemulsification
Prosthesis Failure/*etiology
Reoperation

Figure

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  Fig. 1 The preloaded intraocular lens (Hoya iSert PS AF-1 [UV], PC-60AD; Hoya, Tokyo, Japan) and intraoperative clinical photographs. (A) The whole instrument. (B) Removal of the remnants of both the epinucleus and cortex. (C) Pushing the plunger forward. (D) Inserting the intraocular lens (IOL). (E) The unfolded IOL. (F) Optic fracture of the IOL. (G) Widening the corneal incision. (H) Withdrawing the IOL. (I) Fixation within the sulcus, and completion of the surgery.

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