Surgeon offers tips to avoid straight haptic during lens implantation

Ultrasert is the name of Alcon’s delivery system for its preloaded AcrySof IQ IOLs. These lenses arrive already packaged inside their injector and need only priming with viscoelastic before delivery.
Still, the process is not entirely foolproof, and some amount of technical skill is nevertheless required. One common problem is failure of the leading haptic to curl backward over the optic face. If so, it may exit the injector sticking straight out, twisted in the wrong direction. This misconfiguration may increase the difficulty and danger of lens implantation. Here, we (Read more...)

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