Aphakic and pseudophakic anterior chamber angle changes

Abstract

Although removal of the opaque crystalline lens eliminates the problem of cataract, management of the aphakic patient is incomplete without optical correction (1). Extraction alone is half the cure for cataract. Nevertheless, most patients derive more than half a cure from the use of aphakic spectacle lenses, these aphakic lenses increase the image size 20% to 35% and are associated with some disadvantages. This has made the use of intraocular lenses increasingly popular in the ophthalmologic practice (2