2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
13 Refractive Surgery
Chapter 8: Intraocular Refractive Surgery
Refractive Lens Exchange
Complications
The intraoperative and postoperative complications for RLE are identical to those of cataract surgery. See BCSC Section 11, Lens and Cataract, for a comprehensive discussion of complications of cataract surgery.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 13 - Refractive Surgery. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.