Etiology, pathogenesis, and management of acute intraocular lens opacification: a systematic review

Autor: Bita Momenaei, Mohammad Reza Akbari, Seyed Ali Tabatabaei, Mohammad Soleimani, Mahdi Soleymanzadeh, Kaveh Fadakar, Ahmed Alshaheeb, Mahtab Malekpour Khazari, Yasaman Vaseghi, Kasra Cheraqpour
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 15, Iss 7, Pp 1190-1197 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2222-3959
2227-4898
DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2022.07.21
Popis: Millions of cataract surgeries with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation are performed worldwide. Although cataract surgery brings many benefits to the patients, the risk of various complications is still a concern. One of the infrequent adverse events but potentially affecting on patients' visual acuity and contrast sensitivity is losing the transparency of IOL. IOL opacification may lead to IOL removal or exchange, which is unpleasant to both the patient and the surgeon. Several reports of acute IOL clouding are available in the literature describing various etiologies of this phenomenon, however, the exact mechanism remained unclear in some cases. Herein, we aimed to review the causes and outcomes of intraoperative and early postoperative IOL opacification.
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