Opacification of a silicone intraocular lens caused by calcium deposits on the optic

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 517-520

  Wackernagel, Werner ^a   Ettinger, Karl ^a   Weitgasser, Ursula ^a   Bakir, Berin Gul ^a   Schmut, Otto ^a   Goessler, Walter ^a   Faschinger, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; HYDROXYAPATITE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTEROID HYALITIS; BIFOCAL LENS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EXPLANT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LIGHT SCANNING MICROSCOPY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISUAL DISORDER; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; DEVICE REMOVAL; DURAPATITE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOSPHATES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 1642263345     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00672-2     Document Type: Article

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