F12 CSI: Heidelberg—IOL Analysis

Friday, April 25, 2014
KIOSKS (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Ramin Khoramnia, MD, David J Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology and International Vision Correction Research Centre (IVCRC), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Florian T. Kretz, MD, University Ophthalmology Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Mike P. Holzer, MD, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Gerd U. Auffarth, MD, David J Apple International Laboratory for Ocular Pathology and International Vision Correction Research Centre, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
The calcification of hydrophilic IOLs occurs only rarely. Video demonstrates the effort that is made to analyze these IOLs in the laboratory. Various methods for IOL evaluation (eg, light microscopy of stained samples, scanning electron microscopy and x-ray spectroscopy) are explained.

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