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EAST-WEST SYNDROME [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
  • Eye Surgery
  • Prostheses
CONT

Posterior chamber IOL [intraocular lens] malpositions are labelled descriptively by their appearance ... [A] haptic loop asymmetry, where the optic is deviated laterally, is descriptively classified as an 'east-west syndrome'.

CONT

East-west syndrome. Caused when an intraocular lens is placed so that the edge of the optic, a positioning hole and the components of the loop-optic junction are well within the pupillary aperture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
  • Prothèses
OBS

voir les fiches «sunset syndrome» et «sunrise syndrome»

Spanish

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