آفاکیا
Sign in to saveAphakia is the absence of the lens of the eye, due to surgical removal, such as in cataract surgery, a perforating wound or ulcer, or congenital anomaly. It causes a loss of ability to maintain focus (accommodation), high degree of farsightedness (hyperopia), and a deep anterior chamber. Complications include detachment of the vitreous or retina, and glaucoma. Babies are rarely born with aphakia. Occurrence most often results from surgery to remove a congenital cataract. Congenital cataracts usually develop as a result of infection of the fetus or genetic reasons. It is often difficult to iden
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Aphakia
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- A person with aphakia wearing cataract glasses, with extremely thick lenses to correct the typical extreme farsightedness. Before in-eye lens replacement was available, such glasses were much more common.
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- ophthalmology
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Research
4,475 papers- Surgical management of aphakia.Journal of cataract and refractive surgery · 2022
- Congenital primary aphakia.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2022
- Management of Contact Lenses and Visual Development in Pediatric Aphakia.Turkish journal of ophthalmology · 2024
- Aphakia.Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1929) · 1950
- The Correction of Aphakia Using Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens.In vivo (Athens, Greece) · 2016
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