Scleral and iris fixation of posterior chamber lenses in the absence of capsular support

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-60

  Michaeli, Adi ^a   Assia, Ehud I ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphakia; Capsular support; Dislocated lenses; Iris fixation; Scleral fixation; Subluxated lenses

Indexed keywords

EYE FIXATION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; IRIS; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLERA;

FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; IRIS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; SCLERA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 15044346848     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200502000-00010     Document Type: Review

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