title: Clinical application of the sapphire unfolder lens injection system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the clinical experience of 300 cases using the Sapphire unfloder intraocular lens (IOL) injection system.
  
  
  METHODS
  After the standard phacoemulsification, an AR40e IOL was implanted using the Sapphire Unfolder. The involved problems during and after the operation were observed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The complications occurred during the operation including the crack at the haptic-optic junction in 2 cases, slight kink in the haptic in 5 cases, IOL clamp into the cartridge in 2 cases, posterior capsular rupture in 2 cases and endothelium damage in the central small area in 4 cases. All the patients recovered successfully with IOLs in good
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IOL implantation with the Sapphire Unfolder led to no serious complications and got the satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Weiai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Danying
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhenyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yiyong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Zhenping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011379:Prognosis; D014792:Visual Acuity