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aphakia

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aphakia [ə′fāk· ē·ə]
(medicine)
Absence of the lens of the eye.


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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of the AcrySof([R]) ReSTOR([R]) apodized diffractive aspheric intraocular lens for the visual correction of aphakia following cataract surgery in adult patients with and without presbyopia.
Originally used for the refractive correction of aphakia following cataract surgery, lens implants in Europe and around the world have experienced a renewed level of interest, particularly for patients with high refractive errors.
of Groningen, the Netherlands, and first introduced in 1978 for the correction of aphakia following cataract surgery.
 
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