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Phakic IOLs: Where we are and what the future will bring
Phakic IOLs are a long-standing refractive surgical procedure that has experienced ups and downs since the early ’50s when the first implantations were performed by Strampelli and Barraquer. Three main pathways have been followed since the beginning of the development of phakic lenses. The longest and most sinuous and problematic has been the one followed by angle-supported phakic IOLs. A second, more straightforward, led to the development of iris-supported lenses, and the third, straightforward as well, is the one of posterior chamber lenses. At the start of and along each (Read more...)