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Intraocular lens roll-up technique: foldable IOL implantation using forceps through incisions smaller than 3.2 mm
Shin Fukami1, Narumichi Yamamoto, Kimio Murakami
1Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. shin-fukami@cick.jp
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|December 7, 2007
Abstract:
We describe the intraocular lens (IOL) roll-up technique, which uses lens forceps to insert 3 types of foldable polyacrylic IOLs with optic diameters of 6.0 mm through small sclerocorneal incisions comparable to those used by injector systems.
