Afacia

Aphakia is the absence of the lens of the eye, due to surgical removal, such as in cataract surgery, a perforating wound or ulcer, or congenital anomaly. It causes a loss of ability to maintain focus (accommodation), high degree of farsightedness (hyperopia), and a deep anterior chamber. Complications include detachment of the vitreous or retina, and glaucoma. Babies are rarely born with aphakia. Occurrence most often results from surgery to remove a congenital cataract. Congenital cataracts usually develop as a result of infection of the fetus or genetic reasons. It is often difficult to iden

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Within Vinony's link graph, Afacia is referenced by 289 other articles, and connects out to hyperopia, visual impairment and cataract surgery.

It sits within the topics Congenital disorders of eyes and Disorders of lens.

Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Aphakia
Medical condition (new).image: Starbrille 2018 PD 04.JPG
Medical condition (new).caption: A person with aphakia wearing cataract glasses, with extremely thick lenses to correct the typical extreme farsightedness. Before in-eye lens replacement was available, such glasses were much more common.
Medical condition (new).field: ophthalmology

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Research

4,475 papers

Surgical management of aphakia.Journal of cataract and refractive surgery · 2022
Congenital primary aphakia.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2022
Management of Contact Lenses and Visual Development in Pediatric Aphakia.Turkish journal of ophthalmology · 2024
Aphakia.Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1929) · 1950
The Correction of Aphakia Using Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens.In vivo (Athens, Greece) · 2016

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: disease

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health specialty: medical genetics
genetic association: FOXE3
different from: aphasia

Sources (4)

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Article · Português

Afacia é a falta do cristalino no olho. A causa mais frequente é a extração do cristalino por catarata senil, traumática ou congênita. A pessoa que tem afacia (afácico) perde o efeito de filtro do cristalino para os raios ultravioleta, necessitando portanto de um período de adaptação a essa nova condição visual, que será de uma visão transitoriamente azulada. O olho fica altamente hipermétrope.

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