aphakic


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Related to aphakic: aphakic eye, aphakic glaucoma
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Noun1.aphakic - someone afflicted by aphakiaaphakic - someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes
visually impaired person - someone who has inferior vision
Adj.1.aphakic - of or relating to or afflicted with aphakiaaphakic - of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia
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A 29-year-old office worker who is monocularly aphakic presents with the following Rx:
It is very difficult to diagnose and treat aphakic glaucoma because these children can remain asymptomatic, inspite of their high IOP.14 In this study intraocular pressure was taken preoperatively and postoperatively under general anesthesia, mean Pre Operative IOP was 9.0+-1.2 mmHg and postoperative IOP after three months was 10.9+-3.2 mmHg (Table-I).
In this study, we had prospectively evaluated 1-year clinical outcomes of the first 50 consecutive DMEKs performed at one centre versus 50 consecutive DSEK surgeries performed during the same time period on patients with endothelial decompensation due to pseudophakic, aphakic bullous keratopathy and Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy.
(1,2,7,8) The extent of response to TS-CPC differs depending on the underlying glaucoma, with higher success rates attained in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), neovascular glaucoma (NVG), and inflammatory glaucomas compared with congenital, juvenile, and traumatic glaucoma, and glaucoma following cataract surgery (i.e., aphakic glaucoma).
Similarly, intravitreal injection of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine into aphakic monkeys resulted in abnormalities in both the phase and amplitude of the pattern VEP [6].
* [3] Fuchs dystrophy (676) Pseudophakic or aphakic Corneal edema (PACE) (369) Williams et al.
Among total cases, 85 had pseudophakic and 15 had aphakic. The time interval between cataract surgery and Nd:YAG capsulotomy was <6 months in 30 cases and more than 6 months in 70 cases.
Objective: To compare the mean changes in central corneal thickness (CCT) and corneal endothelial-cell density (CED) after removal of silicon oil (ROSO) using anterior (limbal) versus posterior (pars plana) approach in aphakic patients following successful retinal re attachment surgery.
He was noted to be aphakic with a peripheral ring of opacified cortex on slit lamp biomicroscopic examination (SLE).
There were 4 eyes with secondary aphakic glaucoma, 3 eyes were pseudophakic with uncontrolled IOP, 1 eye had secondary uveitic glaucoma, and 2 eyes had primary congenital glaucoma.