title: [Single step implantable plate-haptic silicone lenses using the Passport system--initial experiences and results].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A new IOL implantation technique introduced in Germany since December 1995 is presented--the one-piece-plate-haptic silicone lens implantable with the Passport system.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January to September 1996 in 291 patients after 3.2 mm clear cornea incision, capsulorhexis, phacoemulsification and implantation of an one-piece silicone posterior chamber lens with an implantation system was performed. The early post-operative results like visual outcome, astigmatism and complication rate are presented and compared to a group of 100 patients with implanted foldable three-piece silicone posterior chamber lenses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The first post-operative day no statistically significant differences in visual outcome (mean: one-piece 0.71; three-piece 0.69), in absolute astigmatism (mean diopter 0.82 one-piece; 0.91 three-piece), in axial position and in complication rate were detectable. Differences of this new implantation technique compared to the conventional technique are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implantation of one-piece silicone lenses with the Passport system is a reliable and high quality alternative to conventional systems.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik, Krankenhauses Berlin-Friedrichshain.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dietze
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Milek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Mittels Passportsystem einhändig implantierbare Plattenhaptik-Silikonlinsen--Erste Erfahrungen und Ergebnisse.