Vincenz Fukala

Vincenz Fukala (January 2, 1847 – October 27, 1911) was a Polish ophthalmologist and ophthalmology historian better known for early works on Clear lens extraction, the surgical removal of natural lens of the eye, as a treatment of high myopia. He also developed successful techniques for the treatment of ectropion.

Biography Vincenz Fukala aka Wincenty Fukała was born into a Polish family in present-day Zhovkva in Ukraine on January 2, 1847.

Fukala died on October 27, 1911, at Vienna. After working as an ophthalmologist in Plzeň and Karlovy Vary in Bohemia for five years from 1889, he returned to Vienna in 1895.

Other than clear lens extraction technique for myopia, Fucala developed highly successful techniques for the treatment of ectropion, an eyelid condition caused by blepharitis, trachoma, or shallow eye sockets following enucleation. He removed the lens, even at low power (−10 D), in children between five and ten years of age with progressive myopia who were prone to increasing levels of myopia.