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This chapter will cover the steps involved in folding the lens and preparing the lens for injection into the eye. Care must be taken not to touch the hydrophilic optic, to inject it through the correct wound size and to open it in the anterior chamber initially.
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Tassignon M, Gobin L, Mathysen D, Van Looveren J, De Groot V. Clinical outcomes of cataract surgery after bag-in-the-lens intraocular lens implantation following ISO standard 11979-7:2006. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011;37:2120–9.
Tassignon M, Gobin L, Mathysen D, Van Looveren J, DeGroot V. Clinical outcomes of cataract surgery after the bag-in-the-lens intraocular lens implantation following ISO standard 11979-7. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2006;37:2120–9.
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Ní Dhubhghaill, S. (2019). Lens Preparation and Folding. In: Tassignon, MJ., Ní Dhubhghaill, S., Van Os, L. (eds) Innovative Implantation Technique. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03086-5_10
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