May 19, 2014 · Here we tell the story of the intraocular lens (IOL), from the shattered canopy of a Second World War aircraft to where we are today. The true beginning of the IOL is the Second World War.

Jun 1, 2024 · Intraocular lenses have a long history, with the first successful implantation in the 1940s by Sir Harold Ridley. The evolution of intraocular lens materials has seen a shift from glass to plastic, silicone, and acrylic, leading to improved safety and visual outcomes.

An intraocular lens (IOL) is a lens implanted in the eye usually as part of a treatment for cataracts or for correcting other vision problems such as near-sightedness (myopia) and far-sightedness (hyperopia); a form of refractive surgery.

On October 31, 1989, the first silicone IOL, which was suitable for mass production (Phacoflex SI-18; Advanced Medical Optics [AMO], Santa Ana, California) (Figure 3), made of polydimethylsiloxane, was implanted.

When Charles D. Kelman, MD, introduced phacoemulsification in 1967, it marked the most significant change in the modern era of cataract surgery. Phaco ushered in an era of smaller wounds and, soon after that, lens replacement technology. Sir Harold Ridley, FRCS, started it all with his observations of World War II fighter pilots.

Jul 10, 2015 · Dr. Ridley was the first person to successfully implant an intraocular lens on November 29, 1949 at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. However, the IOL did not gain widespread acceptance until the 1970’s. Today, more than a million IOLs are implanted every year in the United States alone.

Cataract surgery is one of the oldest surgical procedures known, first documented in the fifth century BC. 10 However, the first implantation of poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) IOL was performed on 29th of November 1949 by Harold Ridley. 11 The modern era of cataract surgery started with the introduction of phacoemulsification surgery in 1967 by...

Even though cataract surgery has been practiced for over 2000 years, modern cataract surgery started just some 50 years ago. with the first IOL implantation by Sir Harold Ridley. The development of intraocular lenses was accompanied by great successes and disasters.

Jun 3, 2020 · Dr. Harold Ridley of Great Britain is credited with the first successful IOL implantation in 1949; however, some reports document much earlier attempts to replace the clouded lens following cataract surgery, the earliest of which comes from the memoirs of the infamous Giacomo Casanova, who reported in 1966 his meeting with Tadini, an Italian ...

The patient had a history of mild corneal edema, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and macular pucker. Ultrasound biomicroscopy showed a well-centered iris-fixated IOL.