Pulmonary vein isolation with a new cryoballoon technique is feasible. Sinus rhythm can be maintained in the majority of patients with PAF by circumferential PVI using a cryoballoon ablation system. Cryoablation was less effective in patients with persistent AF than in patients with PAF.
Early postoperative and long-term follow-ups showed effective and stable correction of astigmatism after implantation of a foldable toric posterior chamber silicone IOL.
Continuous endothelial cell loss was observed after ICL implantation during a 4-year follow-up. There was rapid cell loss until 1 year postoperatively, after which the rate of loss was no longer statistically significant. The percentage of hexagonal cells (polymorphism) and the coefficient of variation (polymegethism) remained stable during the 4-year follow-up.
The smallest incision group had the least surgically induced astigmatism and axial change. All incision groups remained stable and had satisfactory clinical results.
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