We report 2 cases in which an Artisan phakic intraocular lens (IOL) (Ophtec) was used to successfully treat high myopia after penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). The first case was a 43-year-old man who had a manifest refraction of -13.75 +3.00 x 50 with a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20/40(-2) after PKP in the left eye. Approximately 9 months after implantation of the Artisan IOL, the ma...

purpose : to determine and evaluate the visual acuity (va) and refracion of correcting compound severe myopic astigmatism with the artisan toric intraocular lenses (iols) methods : in this noncontrolled clinical trial, 15 patients with severe astigmatism and at least 2.0 diopters (d) of astigmatism were enrolled. all patients met the inclusion criteria. artisan toric iol implantation was recomm...

PURPOSE To report three cases of Artisan phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) implantation to correct myopic refractive error after previous retinal detachment surgery treated with scleral encircling. METHODS Artisan PIOLs were implanted in a 29-year-old man with -21.0 -2.0 x 180 manifest refraction and best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) of 20/40 (case 1), a 28-year-old woman with BSCVA...

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PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy and safety of implantation of an iris-claw phakic intraocular lens (PIOL), Artisan Myopia, in Asian eyes. SETTING Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic, Tokyo, Japan. METHODS Forty-four eyes of 32 Japanese patients and 1 Korean patient with high myopia had Artisan Myopia lens implantation to correct their refractive errors. Lens models, 5/8.5 or 6/8.5 (optic diameter/o...

PURPOSE To compare refractive performance of Artisan (Ophtec, Groningen, The Netherlands) or Verisyse phakic intraocular lens and its foldable version, Artiflex (Ophtec), for the correction of moderately high myopia. DESIGN Randomized pilot study. METHODS setting: Institutional practice. patient population: Thirty-one patients with myopia that ranged from -6 to -14 diopters (D). interventio...

Stephen Webb teaches social work at the University of Bradford. He is currently writing a book called Social Work in Risk Society: Social and Cultural Perspectives, for Palgrave Macmillan. In this book he analyses the development and practice of social work as part of the root condition of modern risk society. His other research interests include evidence-based briefings in children and family ...