Pseudophakic IOL refers to a lens implanted during cataract surgery, immediately after removal of the patients crystalline lens.Many aphakic and pseudophakic IOLs such as anterior chamber IOLs or 3 piece posterior chamber IOLs can be used interchangeably. The exception are one piece IOLs, which must be placed within the capsular bag at the time of cataract surgery and hence cannot be used as secondary implants. Location of implant
Posterior chamber IOL (PCIOL). This is by far the most common type of implanted lens after cataract surgery in the United States. Anterior chamber IOL (ACIOL). A less-common type of intraocular lens, which is sometimes used if a PCIOL is not an option for a patient or if the situation requires a phakic IOL (PIOL). Pseudophakic IOLs
Pseudophakic IOLs are lenses implanted during cataract surgery, immediately after removal of the patients crystalline lens. Monofocal
Monofocal IOLs are standard lenses used in cataract surgery. One of the major disadvantages of these conventional IOLs is that they can only be focused for one particular distance - either optical infinity (rendering the eye emmetropic) or a fixed finite distance (rendering the eye myopic). Patients who undergo a standard IOL implantation no longer experience clouding from cataracts, but they are unable to accommodate (change focus from near to far, far to near, and to distances in between). This is not a concern for most cataract surgeries, as they are primarily performed on elderly people that are already completely presbyopic.
Fulguration of the fistula can also be done via cystoscopy in cases of small fistulas. Differential diagnosis
Endometriosis

See also
Obstetric Fistula


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