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 evaluate the in vivo aberrometric performance of two phakic intraocular lenses (PIOLs); the Visian implantable contact lens (ICL) and the AcrySof Cachet PIOL. METHODS Thirty eight eyes from 29 patients with an age range of 23-32 years and more than 9 D of myopia were divided into two groups; one group of 20 eyes received a Visian ICL model V4c, another group of 18 eyes received an ...

BACKGROUND Posterior capsular opacification (PCO) is a common long-term complication of cataract surgery. Intraocular lens design and material have been implicated in influencing the development of PCO. This study evaluated the association of hydrophobic and hydrophilic intraocular lenses on preventing PCO. METHODS Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases were searched until Au...

PURPOSE To examine lateral and axial positioning of phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs) with iris fixation in the anterior chamber and to examine short-term stability of the IOL position. SETTING The Netherlands Opthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. METHODS Thirty patients participated in the study. Thirty-one eyes were implanted with the 204 type myopia IOL, 14 eyes with t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and postoperative complications of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) for treating iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome in phakic eyes. METHODS Retrospective noncomparative interventional case series. Seven consecutive patients (7 eyes) having ICE syndrome with clear or mildly opaque lens were treated using DLEK and were followed up for 9 to 20...

The primary goal of refractive surgery is the smallest residual refractive error and preserved contrast sensitivity with the same visual capacity under bright and dim illumination. Corneal refractive surgery cannot correct very high ametopias; from -10 to -14 D is the limit of myopia correction in the cornea and from +4 to +6 D, the limit of hyperopia correction. Intraocular refractive surgery ...