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JOAQUIN BARRAQUER, M.D.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1961;66(1):6-11.

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Between January, 1958, and May, 1960, I performed 757 intracapsular lens extractions with the aid of enzymatic zonulolysis. This clinical experience and that of other authors has shown that enzymatic zonulolysis simplifies operative technique and increases the percentage of intracapsular lens extractions. Enzymatic zonulolysis has been adopted by surgeons from all parts of the world since the first report on this subject.¹

The statistics of these cases have been presented in other meetings. This paper will stress the complications and their prevention.

Several authors² mention complications, such as intensive and persistent striate keratitis; massive liberation of iris pigment; hyaloid rupture; secondary glaucoma; retinal detachment, and so forth. Such complications have been exceptional in this series. Experience has shown that they are not connected with the use of -chymotrypsin and are easily avoided by careful surgical technique. However, a higher incidence of complications resulting from poor wound healing has . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Barcelona, Spain

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 11, 1960.

Address of guest of honor presented before the Section on Ophthalmology at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, Miami Beach, Fla., June 16, 1960.

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