title: Unfolder lens injection system with acrylic intraocular lenses: retrospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the efficacy of using the Unfolder Sapphire series system (Allergan) for implanting acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) with a 6.0 mm optic (Sensar AR40, Allergan).
  
  
  METHODS
  Ambulatory day-surgery center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Phacoemulsification was performed using topical anesthesia. The Unfolder injection system was used to insert a Sensar AR40 acrylic IOL. Data on complications and the success of implantation were collected retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred two consecutive patients having implantation of the Sensar IOL with the Unfolder system were examined. Three problems related to the Unfolder injector were identified. Another patient required an anterior vitrectomy, sulcus IOL implantation with the Unfolder, and optic capture; the complication was not related to the Unfolder system. Sulcus implantation was relatively easy with the Unfolder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Implantation of the Sensar AR40 IOL with the Unfolder system was easy to perform, and no serious complications occurred.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, 49 Richard Way SW, Calgary, Alberta T3E 7M8, Canada.
authors.forename: Jit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gohill
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhamra
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins