Causes of intraocular lens opacification or discoloration

L Werner - Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, 2007 - Elsevier
Various pathologic processes may lead to clinically significant opacification or discoloration
of the optic component of intraocular lenses (IOLs) manufactured from different biomaterials …

Complications of cataract and refractive surgery: a clinicopathological documentation.

DJ Apple, L Werner - Transactions of the American …, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE: To present selected complications of keratorefractive and phakic intraocular lens
(IOL) surgery and a series of IOLs that required explantation because of various …

Postoperative deposition of calcium on the surfaces of a hydrogel intraocular lens

L Werner, DJ Apple, M Escobar-Gomez, A Öhrström… - Ophthalmology, 2000 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To report clinical, pathological and histochemical features of 5 Hydroview
intraocular lenses (IOLs) explanted from five patients who had visual disturbances caused …

Dense opacification of the optical component of a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens: a clinicopathological analysis of 9 explanted lenses

L Werner, DJ Apple, M Kaskaloglu… - Journal of Cataract & …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To report clinical, pathological, histochemical, ultrastructural, and spectrographic
analyses of explanted hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) obtained from patients …

Calcification of modern foldable hydrogel intraocular lens designs

AM Izak, L Werner, SK Pandey, DJ Apple - Eye, 2003 - nature.com
Purpose To report and compare clinical and pathological features of hydrophilic acrylic
intraocular lenses (IOLs) of three major designs, explanted from patients who had visual …

Proposed pathogenesis for the delayed postoperative opacification of the hydroview hydrogel intraocular lens

MW Dorey, S Brownstein, VE Hill, B Mathew… - American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report the clinical, histopathologic, ultrastructural, and elemental features of
17 opacified Hydroview (Bausch and Lomb Surgical, Rochester, New York, USA) hydrogel …

Opacification of hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens attributable to calcification: investigation on mechanism

SP Gartaganis, DG Kanellopoulou, EK Mela… - American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To identify the nature and to investigate the biochemical mechanisms leading to
late opacification of implanted hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs). DESIGN …

Clinical features of 46 eyes with calcified hydrogel intraocular lenses

AKF Yu, KYW Kwan, DHY Chan, DYT Fong - Journal of Cataract & …, 2001 - Elsevier
Purpose: To clarify the clinical features of delayed calcification of hydrogel intraocular lenses
(IOLs) based on observation of a large case series. Setting: Ophthalmology department of 2 …

Experimental investigation on mechanism of hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens calcification

EG Drimtzias, SG Rokidi, SP Gartaganis… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To construct a model simulating intraocular lens (IOL) opacification attributable
to the formation of calcium phosphate deposits and to investigate the kinetics of deposit …

Surface calcification of silicone plate intraocular lenses in patients with asteroid hyalosis

L Foot, L Werner, JP Gills, DW Shoemaker… - American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report three cases in which a silicone-plate lens was explanted because of
whitish deposits on the posterior optic surface. DESIGN: Observational case series with …