Chapter
Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices
Abstract
Historically, prior to the advent of OVDs, it was commonplace and expected, to have at least transient corneal edema after intraocular surgery, but the relationship to endothelial cell damage was only well worked out in the 1960s and 1970s. The advent of intraocular lenses (IOLs) brought the issue to the fore when it was discovered that polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), the original material (Perspex™ CQ) from which Rayner made Ridley’s first IOLs …
Authors
Arshinoff SA; Ramalingam V
Book title
Innovation in Cataract Surgery
Pagination
pp. 139-152
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2024
DOI
10.1007/978-981-97-5192-1_9