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. 1989 Jun 15;107(6):659-63.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(89)90264-x.

The correction of myopia by lens implantation into phakic eyes

P U Fechner  1 , G L van der Heijde, J G Worst
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The correction of myopia by lens implantation into phakic eyes

P U Fechner et al. Am J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

We corrected myopia in 62 phakic eyes by fixing a concave intraocular lens to the midperiphery of the iris in the anterior chamber. No inflammation, glaucoma, corneal edema, or intraocular lens induced-cataract has occurred. The lens did not touch the corneal endothelium. The achieved correction was within 10% in 47 of the 62 eyes (76%) and within 20% of the expected correction in all eyes.

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