Many years ago, the only phakic IOL available in the U.S. for treatment of large degrees of myopia was a rigid claw lens that was clipped to the iris and positioned in the anterior chamber.
Implantation of this lens required a large incision of about 6 mm wide because its PMMA material was not foldable or injectable through smaller incisions. Now, years later, many of these patients are developing cataracts and sustaining progressive corneal endothelial cell loss. We can explant these iris claw phakic IOLs and perform cataract surgery to help these patients regain excellent vision.
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