AIM To evaluate efficacy and safety of iris-supported phakic lenses (Verisyse) for treating moderately high myopia. METHODS This prospective clinical study included 40 eyes from 29 patients, who underwent implantation of Verisyse for correction of myopia from -6.00 to -14.50 diopters (D) in the Eye Clinic ''Svjetlost'', Sarajevo, from January 2011 to January 2014. Uncorrected distance visual ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the factors affecting postoperative visual function in eyes with Artisan phakic intraocular lenses (PIOLs). METHODS This study examined a retrospective noncomparative case series. Phakic IOLs were implanted in 60 eyes of 36 patients with high myopia. Contrast sensitivity for spatial frequencies of 1.1, 1.7, 2.6, 4.2, 6.6, and 10:4 cycles per degree with and without glare a...

PURPOSE To compare preoperative and postoperative ocular biometry in patients with iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (pIOLs): Artisan and Artiflex. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 40 eyes with Artisan and 36 eyes with Artiflex pIOL implants. Anterior chamber depth (ACD) and axial length (AL) were measured by applanation ultrasonography (A-scan) and partial coherence interferometr...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy during 5-year follow-up of phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) implantation to correct high anisometropia in amblyopic children who were non-compliant with traditional medical treatment including spectacles or contact lenses. METHODS Retrospective study of 10 eyes of 10 children with high anisometropia who underwent PIOL implantation (9 with an iris-supp...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy, safety, predictability and stability of implanting a polymethylmethacrylate phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) in high myopia. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of the data of patients who underwent Artisan phakic IOL implantation between 2002 and 2003 with a follow-up of at least 24 months. RESULTS An Artisan myopia lens was implanted in 60 eyes o...

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 The purpose of this study was to report the functional and anatomical outcomes of a prospective study resulting from repeated dexamethasone intravitreal implants in patients with uveitic refractory macular edema. Methods Twelve eyes of 9 patients with intermediate and posterior noninfectious inflammatory uveitis complicated with refractory macular edema were regularly reviewed after a...

PURPOSE To assess the visual and refractive outcomes of flexible toric iris claw phakic intraocular lens implantation for correction of moderate to high myopia with astigmatism. METHODS In this non-randomized prospective study, 31 eyes of 18 patients including 8 male and 10 female subjects with mean age of 27.62±5.53 (range 19 to 38) years with moderate to high myopia and astigmatism underwen...

INTRODUCTION This article aims to evaluate the role of phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implants in the treatment of high-refractive errors and amblyopia in the pediatric setting. METHODS A literature search of the PubMed database was conducted in December 2012 using the keywords: pIOL implants, amblyopia, pediatric refractive surgery and ametropia, and articles of high or medium clinical relev...

Several researchers have studied the longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA) of eyes implanted with an intraocular lens (IOL). We investigated the LCA of eyes implanted with yellow-colored IOLs from three different manufacturers: Alcon Inc., HOYA Corp., and AMO Inc. The number of subjects was 11, 16, and 16, respectively. The LCA of eyes implanted with SN60WF and SN60AT (Alcon Inc.), and with X...