Cataract formation after posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens implantation
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1São Geraldo Eye Hospital, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|December 16, 1998
Abstract:
Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (PCP IOL) implantation is an emerging refractive procedure. We report a case of cataract formation 6 months after uneventful implantation of a Staar PCP IOL to correct high myopia. Visual recovery was achieved after explantation of the phakic IOL and phacoemulsification with implantation of a foldable IOL through the same unenlarged self-sealing corneal incision.
