The pioneering days of IOLs and Phaco, with Patrick Condon
- Author
- Eyes On Tomorrow
- Published
- Mon 02 Dec 2024
- Episode Link
- https://eyesontomorrow.substack.com/p/patrick-condon-on-the-pioneering
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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