Neodymium:YAG treatment of interlenticular opacification in a secondary piggyback case.
Interlenticular opacification (ILO) developed 7 months after secondary acrylic piggyback lens implantation in which the anterior lens was placed in the bag. This resulted in glare and a hyperopic shift. Treating the ILO with the neodymium:YAG laser successfully reduced the glare and corrected the hyperopic shift.
Gayton
J L
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EyeSight Associates, Warner Robins, Georgia 31095, USA.
Van der Karr
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Sanders
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D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D019466:Glare; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D012086:Reoperation; D014792:Visual Acuity