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A patient with dysphotopsia requiring IOL exchange has had a prior Yag laser posterior capsulotomy. After performing a pars plana vitrectomy, a secondary capsulorhexis is demonstrated followed by IOL exchange with optic capture.
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Pseudoexfoliation, zonular laxity, poor dilation, a shallow anterior chamber and a convex anterior capsule are all present in this 85 year old patient.
The patient had cataract-implant surgery in her non-dominant eye 6 months earlier, and developed severe dysphotopsia. The decision has been made to proceed with cataract-implant surgery
During the early stages of nucleus removal, a large amount of BSS accumulates beneath the conjunctiva and begins to interfere with visualization of the procedure.
A patient with congenital aniridia undergoes phacoemulsification, IOL insertion, and insertion of an artificial iris device.
An extremely frail, elderly patient undergoes phacoemulsification performed on her only sighted eye.
An eye with a decentered and tilted posterior chamber IOL that is fixated to the sclera by the Yamane method undergoes IOL exchange to a
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