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Implantation of Artisan toric phakic intraocular lens following Intacs in a patient with keratoconus.

Kamburoğlu G, Ertan A, Bahadir M

Kudret Eye Hospital, Kennedy Caddesi No: 71, Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey. gunhal@gmail.com

We report a 24-year-old man with bilateral keratoconus in whom Intacs (Addition Technology, Inc.) were implanted in both eyes. The procedure was followed by Artisan toric phakic intraocular lens (Ophtec) implantation to correct the residual myopic and astigmatic refractive error.

Published 26 February 2007 in J Cataract Refract Surg, 33(3): 528-30.
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