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Scanning electron microscopic and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis findings on two brand new intraocular lenses
N F Schrage1, M Reim, W G Burchard
1Department of Ophthalmology, RWTH Aachen, FRG.
Ophthalmic Research
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Two intraocular lenses (IOLs) from the same manufacturer showed surface particles by scanning electron microscopy. With energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, these were shown to contain Mg-Si, Al-Mg-Si, Ti, Fe, Ca and Cu. A sterile chronic intraocular inflammation may result from implantation of such contaminated IOLs.