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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
There has been a traditional reluctance to remove a subluxed (ectopic) lens because of the high surgical risk. The use of closed intraocular microsurgical techniques, however, now allows greater intraoperative control with few complications. The authors present the results of subluxed lens extraction, by limbal or pars plana lensectomy, in 44 eyes of 24 patients, in which the indication for surgery was lens subluxation causing a reduction in visual acuity or uncorrectable refractive error. Visual acuity was improved in all cases after surgery, with no significant complications. Patients with reduced visual acuity secondary to ectopic lenses have a good visual prognosis after lensectomy using a closed intraocular microsurgical technique.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0161-6420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
542-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of the subluxed crystalline lens.
pubmed:affiliation
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article