Terms Related to Intraocular Lens Implantation

• Aphakia

  Absence of crystalline lens totally or partially from field of vision, from any cause except after cataract extraction. Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result ...

• Pseudophakia

  Presence of an intraocular lens after cataract extraction.

• Intraocular Fluid

  The clear, watery fluid which fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. It has a refractive index lower than the crystalline lens, which ...

• Crystalline Lens Cortex

  The portion of the crystalline lens surrounding the nucleus and bound anteriorly by the epithelium and posteriorly by the capsule. It contains lens fibers and ...

• Postcataract Aphakia

  Absence of the crystalline lens resulting from cataract extraction.

• Intraocular Lens

  Artificial implanted lenses.

• Crystalline Lens Nucleus

  The core of the crystalline lens, surrounded by the cortex.