Hydrophilic lenses for "continuous" wear in aphakia: fitting at operation.
This system of soft lens fitting in conjenction with the backward sloping corneal incision proved satisfactory in 84% of cases and provided good fill-in vision during the postoperative period--that is, until a decision about the type of long-term optical correction was made in each case.
D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / Q000009:adverse effects; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013536:Suture Techniques