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Newly Recognized Complications of Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lenses
Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:581-582.
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THREE SIGNIFICANT postoperative complications of intraocular lens (IOL)
surgery have recently emerged.1-4
Although these complications often threaten patients' vision, overall they
have received little publicity, especially in the United States. In this issue
of the ARCHIVES, Yu and Shek1 report one of
these complications, an unexpected late postoperative opacification on the
optical component of a modern foldable hydrophilic IOL, the Hydroview lens
(Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Claremont, Calif). This lens has been approved
by several regulatory agencies and has been implanted extensively outside
of the United States. Although in 1999 it was approved by the Food and Drug
Administration for use in the United States, it has not yet been marketed
in this country because the manufacturer is searching for a better understanding
of the problem reported by Yu and Shek. These authors are the first to identify
this complication in a clinical setting. We have concurrently and independently
studied . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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