Biomaterial Database

Dacron fixation of an intraocular posterior chamber lens. 1980

G A Peyman, and J E Koziol, and G Natchiar

Fourteen patients underwent intracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation using a posterior chamber lens fixated with Dacron. IOL implantation was uncomplicated, and there was no vitreous loss duirng surgery. IOL fixation occurred within five to eight days after surgery, and all but one pupil could be dilated without lens dislocation. This patient had received atropine drops inadvertently after surgery. Fluorescein angioscopy did not demonstrate cystoid macular edema in the 11 patients who were available for examination and who did not have pre-existing macular disease.

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
D011093	Polyethylene Terephthalates	Polyester polymers formed from terephthalic acid or its esters and ethylene glycol. They can be formed into tapes, films or pulled into fibers that are pressed into meshes or woven into fabrics.	Dacron,Nalophan,PET Polymer,Poly(Ethylene Terephtalate),Polyethylene Terephthalate,Tedlar,Dacrons,Nalophans,PET Polymers,Tedlars,Terephthalate, Polyethylene,Terephthalates, Polyethylene
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