Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 2183-2191 , October 2004

Capsulorhexis ovaling and capsular bag stretch after rigid and foldable intraocular lens implantation: Experimental study in pediatric human eyes

  • Suresh K. Pandey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Suresh K. Pandey, MD, John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
    • From David J. Apple, MD Laboratories for Ophthalmic Devices Research, John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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  • Liliana Werner, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • From David J. Apple, MD Laboratories for Ophthalmic Devices Research, John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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  • M.Edward Wilson Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Miles Center for Pediatric Ophthalmology, Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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  • Andrea M. Izak, MD

      Affiliations

    • From David J. Apple, MD Laboratories for Ophthalmic Devices Research, John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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  • David J. Apple, MD

      Affiliations

    • From David J. Apple, MD Laboratories for Ophthalmic Devices Research, John A. Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA

,Accepted 18 February 2004.

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 Presented in part at the annual meeting of American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, Florida, USA, October 2002.

☆☆ Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc, New York, NY, USA.

 None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

★★ Donor families and the Utah Lions Eye Bank have provided ongoing support for the research.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00324-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.02.079

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 2183-2191 , October 2004