absence of the lens of an eye, congenital or otherwise
Word origin
from a-1 + Greek phakos lentil + -ia
Examples of 'aphakia' in a sentence
aphakia
The most common diagnosis was aphakia, in 16 (21.9%) cases.
André Luiz Alves Salame, Eduardo José Maidana Simon, Fernando Leal, César Lipener,Daniela Brocchetto 2008, 'Lente de contato em crianças: aspectos epidemiológicos Contact lens in children: epidemiologicalaspects', Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492008000300008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The prevalence of bilateral and unilateral aphakia and pseudophakia was high.
Limburg Hans, Vasavada Abhay, Muzumdar Gautam, Khan M, Vaidyanathan K, Trivedi Rupal,Bhatt Deepa 1999, 'Rapid assessment of cataract blindness in an urban district of Gujarat', Indian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1999;volume=47;issue=2;spage=135;epage=141;aulast=Limburg. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Groups were compared for controls and for eyes with pediatric cataracts, pseudophakia and aphakia.
Weika Eulálio de Moura Santos, José Joarez de Siqueira Junior, Gustavo Salomão, JoséRicardo Carvalho Lima Rehder 2010, 'Espessura central da córnea: catarata congênita, pseudofacia e afacia Central cornealthickness: congenital cataracts, pseudophakia and aphakia', Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72802010000400004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Such patients suffer from severe visual impairment secondary to aphakia.
Uzeyır Gunenc, Taylan Ozturk, Gul Arikan, Mahmut Kaya 2016, 'Combined transscleral fixation of an artificial iris prosthesis with an intraocularlens', Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492016000100017&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Trauma and postsurgical aphakia were the most common causes for secondary glaucoma.
Fung DS, Roensch MA, Kooner KS, Cavanagh HD, Whitson JT 2013, 'Epidemiology and characteristics of childhood glaucoma: results from the Dallas GlaucomaRegistry', Clinical Ophthalmologyhttp://www.dovepress.com/epidemiology-and-characteristics-of-childhood-glaucoma-results-from-th-a14183. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No significant correlation between amblyopia and strabismus or aphakia was found.
Fábio Ejzenbaum, Solange Rios Salomão, Adriana Berezovsky, Mauro Waiswol, Márcia BeatrizTartarella, Paula Yuri Sacai, Josenilson Martins Pereira 2009, 'Amblyopia after unilateral infantile cataract extraction after six weeks of age Ambliopiano pós-operatório de catarata congênita unilateral operada após seis semanas de vida',Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492009000500009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The donor button was larger by 0.2 mm and 0.5 mm in phakia and aphakia/pseudophakia patients, respectively.
Sekhar G, Vyas Prateep, Nagarajan Rukmini, Mandal Anil, Gupta Satish 1993, 'Post-penetrating keratoplasty glaucoma', Indian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1993;volume=41;issue=4;spage=181;epage=184;aulast=Sekhar. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Unlike congenital glaucoma, the first line of treatment for glaucoma in aphakia/pseudophakiamay be medical.
Mandal Anil, Netland Peter 2004, 'Glaucoma in aphakia and pseudophakia after congenital cataract surgery.', Indian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2004;volume=52;issue=3;spage=185;epage=98;aulast=Mandal. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Eleven cases had pterygiums, ten had cataracts, and four had glaucomas, while the remaining three had aphakia.
Kaydu E, Comez A, Yayuspayi R, Gurler B, Tatar MG, Erbagci İ, Okumus S, Coskun E 2012, 'Botulinum toxin injections for blepharospasm prior to ocular surgeries', Clinical Ophthalmologyhttp://www.dovepress.com/botulinum-toxin-injections-for-blepharospasm-prior-to-ocular-surgeries-a9816. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)