CASE A 44-year-old woman with congenital nystagmus and myopic astigmatism in both eyes who was submitted to phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation. METHODS Full ophthalmologic examination including refractive status, corrected (CDVA) and uncorrected (UCVA) monocular and binocular visual acuities, ocular motility, slit-lamp evaluation, tonometry and fundoscopy before and after implantatio...

Correspondence: Amir Pirouzian 710 Lawerence Expressway, Dept 490, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA Tel +1 408 851 4100 Email [email protected] Purpose: The current study aims to evaluate both safety and efficacy of VerisyseTM (AMO, Irvine, CA) phakic anterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) in the reduction of clinically significant (-8 D) myopic anisometropia in children who are noncompliant to...

PURPOSE In myopia, biometry including the axial length is important, along with the refractive data. We compared the rates of myopic regression 3 years after phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) after matching the preoperative axial length in highly myopic eyes of Japanese patients. METHODS This retrospective nonrandomized study included 133 eye...

AIM To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of high-speed (5,000 cuts per minute) 23 G transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV) in severe diabetic fibrovascular proliferation (DFVP). PATIENTS AND METHODS In this retrospective consecutive case series, patients who underwent 23 G TSV for severe DFVP between October 2011 and March 2014 at our institution were evaluated. 23 G TSV was perfor...

PURPOSE To compare pre- and postoperative horizontal and vertical pupil diameters after horizontal Artisan phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) (Ophtec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands) implantation for correction of myopia. METHODS The pre- and postoperative scotopic pupil diameters measured by the Colvard pupillometer (Oasis Medical, Glendora, Calif) were compared in 71 eyes after Artisan PIOL impl...

PURPOSE To evaluate changes in clinical practice in the field of refractive surgery in Korea over the past 10 years. METHODS A survey consisting of 59 multiple-choice questions regarding the preferred types of refractive surgery, excimer laser machine, and presbyopia surgery was mailed to 742 members of the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in January 2016, and 50 members resp...

RATIONALE Although transscleral-fixated intraocular lens (IOL) implantation has been the most frequently chosen treatment for patients with inadequate capsule support, the ghost pupillary capture phenomenon did not cause enough attention. PATIENT CONCERNS We present an unusual case withintermittent pupillary capture of intraocular lens. DIAGNOSIS After 5 minutes staying in the dark environm...

PURPOSE To compare the central postoperative vault of a phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) to correct myopia, myopic astigmatism, and hyperopia and identify ocular and lens parameters that might predict the vault amount. SETTING Fernández-Vega Ophthalmological Institute, Oviedo, Spain. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS Three months after implantation of Implantable Collamer Lens pIOLs to correct m...

CASE REPORT A 34-year-old man with severe myopia, presented with acute visual loss in his right eye. This occurred 3 hours after a posterior chamber phakic (PCP) intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, and was associated with a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Retinal retachment surgery was performed without complications, with the outcome showing good anatomical and functional results during a ...

We report 2 patients who had radial keratotomy (RK) to correct myopia. The first patient developed a postoperative hyperopic shift and cataract. Nine years post RK, she had intracapsular cataract extraction and implantation of an Artisan aphakic intraocular lens (IOL). Twenty years post RK, hyperopia and astigmatism progressed to +7.0 -5.75 x 100 with a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20...