J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1999 Sep;40(9):2628-2631.
Four Cases of Multiple Vacuoles inside of Acrysof Intraocular Lens
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Kangnam St.Mary`s Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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- Acrysof intraocular lens (IOL) (Alcon,Dallas,USA), the first commercially available foldable acrylic IOL, which was approved for marketing in the United states on December, 1994 and in the Korea on August, 1997.It is made with an acrylic/methacrylic polymer. Characteristics of the Acrysofistiguished from commonly used foldable silicon IOLs include improved elastic properties (not slippery when wet), slow and controlled unfolding, and a high refractory index resulting in a thinner lens. We experienced vacuolesin Acrysof IOLs which has no visual influence in 4 cases and report this unusual cases with a review of available literature.
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