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Indications for intraocular lens implantation: an analysis of 1033 cases
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
The posterior chamber implant has increased safety in intraocular lens implantation. Implants are now inserted in one-eyed patients, in eyes with high myopia, endothelial corneal problems, senile macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. The percentage of implant from 1975-1981 was 10.3% but increased to 83.9% from 1983-1984. This is mainly because there are today fewer situations where lens implantation is contra-indicated in the hands of surgeons, skilled and experienced in posterior chamber implant surgery.
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