Exchange of the Crystalens IOL
by A John Kanellopoulos

Jaypee’s Video Atlas of Ophthalmic Surgery (Vol. 2)

by Ashok Garg
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This video technique the rare removal of an accommodating IOL is presented. The crystalens IOL accommodates within the capsular bag with a mechanism based on posterior contact of the IOL to the Posterior Capsule and the flexibility of the two haptic mechanisms. The contraction of the capsular bag “pushes” the IOL forward and it assumes a more anterior position aiding in near vision. In a rare occasion the inferior part of the optic was sitting forward within the capsular bag meanwhile the superi

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