Sequelae of artificial lens implantation

Nowadays, there are more and more high-tech products, and radiation is everywhere in our lives. Therefore, there are a lot of people with myopia, and their age is getting younger and younger. Wearing glasses for a long time is very harmful to the eyes, so some people want to implant artificial lenses, but they are afraid of sequelae. Therefore, friends who want to have this operation must understand this aspect in advance. Next, let’s take a look at the side effects of artificial lens implantation.

Lens implantation surgery is an emerging surgical method that is excellent for solving the problem of high or extreme myopia. The surgical features are reversibility, high visual quality, and minimal changes to the patient's eye structure.

Sequelae of lens implantation for myopia

Also, in the short period after surgery, because the surgery is performed inside the eye, viscoelastics need to be applied protectively. If the viscoelastic agent is insufficient or the corneal endothelium is disturbed too much during surgery, corneal endothelial damage or even decompensation may occur. However, if there is too much viscoelastic and it is not properly cleared, it may block the chamber angle at an early stage and cause acute increase in intraocular pressure.

First, the ICL lens is placed in the small space between the back of the iris and the lens. Why choose this location? Because the artificial lens is placed most stably, beautifully and has the best visual quality here. But this is extremely small after all. If the artificial lens contacts the iris forward, long-term friction may cause chronic inflammation and pigmentation of the iris, and may block the aqueous humor outflow structure of the chamber angle, and then cause glaucoma. If the artificial lens contacts the lens backward, it may cause opacity under the anterior capsule of the lens at the contact site, causing cataracts. Therefore, accurate measurement and selection of lens size before lens implant surgery is key, and patients must choose a regular and experienced medical institution for the surgery. If related problems are found after surgery, the artificial lens should be removed in time.

Artificial lens is currently the most effective method for correcting aphakic refraction. It replaces the original lens anatomically and optically, forming a nearly normal system, especially the posterior chamber intraocular lens fixed in the physiological position of the normal lens. It can be used for one eye, vision can be restored quickly after surgery, binocular single vision and stereoscopic vision can be easily established, and the success rate of surgery is very high