Clinical application of the sapphire unfolder lens injection system.
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.
Guo
Weiai
W
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Zheng
Danying
D
Li
Zhenyu
Z
Qian
Yiyong
Y
Zhang
Zhenping
Z
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