title: A mirror for self-examination by a patient with an aphakic eye.
abstract: A mirror with a radius of curvature of 211.5 mm permits a patient who has undergone cataract surgery to examine his own aphakic eye without corrective lenses. A slight adjustment of the eye-to-mirror distance also permits examination of a normal eye, a hyperopic eye, and  a presbyopic eye requiring a plus lens correction. The mirror can be used to monitor postoperative status and the course of a disease, and for inserting and removing contact lenses.
mesh_terms: D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract; D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011184:Postoperative Period