Kelman Lecture focuses on history, prevention of PCO

ATHENS, Greece — After a long history of partial successes and failed attempts, interesting new developments in IOL technology may be approaching the goal of modulating and controlling posterior capsule opacification, according to David Spalton, MD.
In the HSIOIRS Kelman Lecture at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Spalton reviewed the history of phacoemulsification with IOL implantation, beginning with the first phaco procedure performed by Charles Kelman in 1967, which lasted 79 minutes and ended up in enucleation of the eye 2 days later. It was

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