Bag-in-the-lens a forgiving technique if explantation is needed

We present an example of a patient who underwent bag-in-the-lens cataract surgery with a monofocal lens. Six weeks postoperatively she came back complaining of visual disturbance due to residual astigmatism of –1.75 D and told us she strongly wished to be without glasses or contact lenses. Because the BIL technique offers a relatively easy method for IOL exchange, we offered to exchange the lens for a toric IOL. Surgical technique

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