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[Artificial lens implantations of Medallion - lenses (author's transl)]. 1979

J G Worst

Description of the surgical technique of artificial lens implantations extra- and intracapsularly. Only the original Medallion -lens for flexible suture fixation and the "slotted" Medallion - lens for steel suture fixation will be described with brief mention of Platina clip lens for extra-capsular surgery, the Small incision lens, the Three loop lens and the Boomerang lens.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007910	Lenses, Intraocular	Artificial implanted lenses.	Implantable Contact Lens,Lens, Intraocular,Contact Lens, Implantable,Intraocular Lens,Intraocular Lenses,Lens, Implantable Contact
D008722	Methods	A series of steps taken in order to conduct research.	Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001036	Aphakia, Postcataract	Absence of the crystalline lens resulting from cataract extraction.	Aphakic Eye, Postcataract,Aphakias, Postcataract,Postcataract Aphakia,Postcataract Aphakias,Postcataract Aphakic Eye,Postcataract Aphakic Eyes
D013536	Suture Techniques	Techniques for securing together the edges of a wound, with loops of thread or similar materials (SUTURES).	Suture Technics,Suture Technic,Suture Technique,Technic, Suture,Technics, Suture,Technique, Suture,Techniques, Suture