Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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: 2014  |  Volume : 62  |  Issue : 6  |  Page : 737--739

Laboratory analyses of two explanted hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses


Yunhai Dai, Yusen Huang, Ting Liu, Lixin Xie 
 Qingdao University Medical College; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao, China

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Lixin Xie
Shandong Eye Institute, 5 Yanerdao Road, Qingdao 266071
China

Two three-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) were explanted from two patients at 7 and 9 years, respectively, after implantation, because of poor fundus visualisation and/or a clinically significant decrease in visual acuity related to their opacified IOLs. In addition to light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy was used for the first time to observe the explanted IOLs. The clinical aspect seemed to correspond to the phenomenon of surface light scattering, while laboratory analyses showed dense glistenings in the central layer of the IOL optic, which had no change next to the surface. Further studies on these phenomena are needed.


How to cite this article:
Dai Y, Huang Y, Liu T, Xie L. Laboratory analyses of two explanted hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses.Indian J Ophthalmol 2014;62:737-739


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Dai Y, Huang Y, Liu T, Xie L. Laboratory analyses of two explanted hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2014 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];62:737-739
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