Patrick Condon on the pioneering days of IOLs and Phaco

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Patrick Condon on the pioneering days of IOLs and Phaco

We catch up with a legend of Irish Ophthalmology, Patrick Condon, at the UKISCRS meeting in London.

Eyes On Tomorrow

Dec 02, 2024

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Patrick Condon is the man who brought phaco to Ireland and who’s father, a contemporary of Harold Ridley in London, implanted the 1st IOL in Ireland in 1959.

He shares some fascinating insights into those pioneering days of IOLs and phaco surgery and the origins of the feud between Harold Ridley and “The Duke”, which was to shape this story.

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