Extracapsular extraction and anterior-chamber flexible lens implantation

Moschos, M.

Annals of Ophthalmology 20(12): 478-9,482

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4886
PMID: 3218819
Document Number: 325145
Extracapsular extraction with anterior-chamber lens implantation is a method which has a place in cataract surgery. We discuss 60 cases of cataract operated on by this method and its advantages. We had good results in cases without glaucoma, keratopathy, or diabetes mellitus, and depending on the ease with which a posterior capsulotomy was done, where this was imperative, without the risks of the YAG laser capsulotomy.

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