Terms Related to Pseudophakia

• Intraocular Lens Implantation

  Insertion of an artificial lens following removal of the crystalline lens, usually after cataract extraction.

• 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 …

• Postcataract Aphakia

  Absence of the crystalline lens resulting from cataract extraction.

• Cataract Extraction

  Surgical removal of a cataractous lens. (Dorland, 28th ed)

• Cataract

  Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of …