Cataract Surgery


OSN SuperSite Breaking News 9/10/2007

Current IOL models leave no 'moving space' for pseudoaccomodation

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — High frequency ultrasound technology provides accurate, dynamic views of how IOLs fit in and interact with ocular structures, and shows where and how most of the problems of currently available IOL models originate.

"We are at a turning point, where we cannot any longer follow the usual pathways," Philippe Sourdille, MD, said here at the meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. "IOL technology must evolve on the basis of what we have been able to see through these advanced viewing systems."

Although we know that capsular bag diameter varies considerably between patients, we still produce IOLs with the same diameter, Dr. Sourdille said.
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Ultrasound anterior segment analysis of 26 patients followed for 10 months showed excellent central PCO prevention, but some adherence of the anterior capsule to the IOL optic, leading to a not perfectly transparent, partially fibrotic system.