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Patient should be evaluated and deemed appropriate for such a surgical procedure. Patients with significant cataract and prior phakic lens implantation due to high myopia are candidates. In addition, a phakic intraocular lens may rarely need removal secondary to elevated intraocular pressure or hyphema in the eye. Patients with any of these indications in addition to a visually significant cataract are candidates. Patient should be educated about the risks and benefits of the procedure, including alternatives.
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Alevi, D., Donnenfeld, E. (2017). Phakic IOL Removal and Cataract Extraction. In: Rosenberg, E., Nattis, A., Nattis, R. (eds) Operative Dictations in Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45495-5_33
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