An intraocular lens (IOL) is a lens implanted in the eye usually as part of a treatment for cataracts or for correcting other vision problems such as near-sightedness...

Angle-supported intraocular lenses are a special kind of intraocular lens that can be implanted surgically into the anterior chamber of the eye. These...

Three types of phakic IOLs are available: Angle-supported Iris-fixated Sulcus-supported intraocular lens LASIK can correct myopia up to -12 to -14 D...

short distance in front of the eye. Contact lenses are worn directly on the surface of the eye. Intraocular lenses are surgically implanted most commonly after...

with chronic closed-angle glaucoma, lens extraction can relieve the block created by the pupil and help regulate the intraocular pressure. A study found...

lens are easily modified Medical portal Accommodation reflex Crystallin Evolution of the eye, for how the lens evolved Intraocular lenses Iris Lens capsule...

the clouded lens is removed through an opening made in the anterior lens capsule. The intraocular lens is then inserted into the lens capsule which...

AK, Liekfeld A, Gonnermann J (July 2013). "Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens to correct myopia: long-term follow-up". Journal of Cataract and Refractive...

Nagalekshmi, S.V.; Singh, S. (June 2017). "Glued intraocular lens implantation for eyes with inadequate capsular support: Analysis of the postoperative visual outcome"...

eye's natural lens is usually replaced with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) implant. Over time, metabolic changes of the crystalline lens fibres lead...

amount of light entering the interior of the eye; then another lens (the crystalline lens) that accomplishes the remaining focusing of light into images;...

significant, surgical removal of the lens may be warranted, with lost optical power usually replaced with a plastic intraocular lens. Owing to the high prevalence...

ultrasonic energy required is moderate, and insertion of foldable intraocular prosthetic lenses, which take advantage of the small incision possible. It is...

front structures of the eye—often because these are tangled in an intraocular lens or other structures. Pars plana vitrectomy is a general term for a...

corrective lenses worn on the face a short distance in front of the eye. Contact lenses are worn directly on the surface of the eye. Intraocular lenses are surgically...

62 Osm = 304 Ascorbic acid Glutathione Immunoglobulins Maintains the intraocular pressure and inflates the globe of the eye. It is this hydrostatic pressure...

cataract surgery and also intraocular tumours. Common treatments are designed according to the type (open-angle or angle-closure) and the underlying...

allowing the eye lens to flatten, making it thinner. The kinesthetic sensations of the contracting and relaxing ciliary muscles (intraocular muscles) are...

different angles. When observed, separately by each eye, the pairs of images induced a clear sense of depth. By contrast, a telephoto lens—used in televised...

cataract surgery, for peripheral iridotomy in patients with chronic and acute angle-closure glaucoma, where it has largely superseded surgical iridectomy, for...

burns, are medical emergencies, as they can lead to severe scarring and intraocular damage. People with chemically induced conjunctivitis should not touch...

keratomileus (LASIK). The Alpins Method is also used to plan cataract/toric intraocular lens (IOL) surgical procedures. The Alpins Method uses vector mathematics...

it is used in the manufacture of rigid intraocular lenses which are implanted in the eye when the original lens has been removed in the treatment of cataracts...

the result that diseases of the iris often have important effects on intraocular pressure and indirectly on vision. The iris along with the anterior ciliary...

open-angle glaucoma by reducing intraocular pressure (IOP), the only known modifiable risk factor for glaucoma. NEI has supported several studies, including:...

correcting lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater...

used to replace the vitreous humor following vitrectomy, silicone intraocular lenses following cataract extraction, silicone tubes to keep a nasolacrimal...

  A group based in the University of Vienna described measurement of intraocular distance using both tunable laser and spectrometer-based interferometry...

protease thus causing a false result. Smart lenses have been developed to record intraocular pressure. The lens conforms to the eyeball and contains sensors...

common sight disorders, especially for determining the power of an intraocular lens after cataract extraction.[citation needed] B-scan ultrasonography...