Phakic Intraocular Lenses and their Special Indications

The expanding role of phakic intraocular lenses-not just for the rare patient anymore.

Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens implantation for high myopia.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy, safety and stability of posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (PIOLs) implantation for the correction of high myopia. METHODS Thirty-nine eyes of twenty patients with high myopia (between -11.75 and -25.75 diopters) had a posterior chamber PIOL (Staar ICL) implanted. During 6 - 48 months' follow-up, visual acuity, refraction, intraocular pressure (IOP),...

[Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lenses: a comparative study between ICL and PRL models. Choosing/selection criteria].

Choroidal Neovascularization Following Implantation of Verisyse™ Iris-Supported Phakic Intraocular Lens in a Pregnant Myopic Patient

Both choroidal neovascularization during pregnancy, and choroidal neovascularization following implantation of phakic intraocular lenses have been reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported of a gravid woman developing choroidal neovascularization in an eye with a phakic intraocular lens. A 31-year-old woman became aware of her pregnancy three weeks after plac...

Scanning electron microscopic characteristics of phakic intraocular lenses.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the surface quality of new generation phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs). DESIGN Experimental materials study. MATERIALS Three different new generation phakic IOLs: angle-fixated anterior chamber lens Chiron Vision NuVita MA20 (polymethylmethacrylate [PMMAD, iris-fixated anterior chamber lens Ophtec Artisan Iris-Claw (PMMA), posterior chamber lens Staar ICM (polymer from ...