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Hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses in cataract surgery due to uveitis |
Tapia-López E, Bardach A, Pichon-Riviere A, Augustovski F, García Martí S, Alcaraz A, Ciapponi A, López A, Rey-Ares L |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Tapia-López E, Bardach A, Pichon-Riviere A, Augustovski F, García Martí S, Alcaraz A, Ciapponi A, López A, Rey-Ares L. Hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses in cataract surgery due to uveitis. Buenos Aires: Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS). Documentos de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Informe de Respuesta Rápida N° 471. 2016 Authors' conclusions Moderate-quality evidence has not demonstrated that hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses offer additional benefits compared to other types of intraocular lenses (hydrophilic acrylic, silicone or polymethyl methacrylate) after cataract surgery due to uveitis.
The clinical practice guidelines identified do not recommend any material in particular for intraocular lenses in these patients.
Most U.S. public and private coverage policies cover intraocular lenses, however, most of them consider hydrophobic acrylic lenses to be very expensive and do not cover them. In Argentina, the Mandatory Medical Plan covers the extracapsular intraocular lens implant, not specifying any material in particular.
Final publication URL www.iecs.org.ar Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Cataract; Cataract Extraction; Humans; Lens, Crystalline; Lenses, Intraocular; Uveitis Language Published Spanish Country of organisation Argentina English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Viamonte 2146 - 3 Piso, C1056ABH Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: +54 11 49 66 00 82 Fax:+54 11 49 53 40 58 Email: info@iecs.org.ar AccessionNumber 32016000918 Date abstract record published 03/08/2016 |
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