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8180872

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
We reviewed the cases of 21 patients (22 eyes) who underwent epikeratophakia for aphakia with at least 4 months' follow-up. Thirteen had traumatic cataracts, six had relative contraindications for implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL), one had a dislocated IOL and one had bilateral congenital cataracts. The mean best corrected visual acuity was 20/32.0 (range 20/20 to 20/70) before surgery and 20/38.6 (range 20/20 to 20/70) after surgery. The uncorrected visual acuity improved in all eyes. Twenty eyes (91%) were within two lines of the preoperative best corrected acuity; all eyes were within four lines. Twenty eyes were within 3.0 dioptres of emmetropia postoperatively; all eyes were within 5.0 dioptres of emmetropia. No serious complications were encountered. We conclude that epikeratophakia is a good alternative for the correction of aphakia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-4182
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Epikeratophakia for correction of complicated aphakia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Ont.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article