PURPOSE To assess implantation of an Artisan aphakic intraocular lens (IOL) in cases with subluxated lenses due to Marfan syndrome. METHODS Retrospective study of a small case series comprised of seven eyes (two children and three adults) with subluxated lenses due to Marfan syndrome that underwent lens extraction and Artisan aphakic IOL implantation. Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity an...

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 report clinical outcomes of crystalline lens extraction and iris claw artisan intraocular lens (iol) implantation in patients with lens subluxation secondary to marfan syndrome.  methods: this retrospective study enrolled 14 eyes of 12 marfan patients with lens subluxation who underwent crystalline lens removal and artisan iol implantation. pre- and post-operative data, including pa...

PROBLEM Effective tamponade of a Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty graft with a gas bubble requires that there is no route for the bubble to escape into the posterior chamber. SOLUTION Exchange the angle-supported anterior-chamber intraocular lens (IOL) for an iris-enclaved Artisan IOL and position the IOL haptics over the peripheral iridectomy to occlude it to the extent that no ga...

PURPOSE To evaluate efficacy, predictability and safety of Artisan-Verysise intraocular lens (IOL) secondary implantation for aphakia correction. SETTING Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular, and Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. METHODS Uncorrected visual acuity, best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), manifest refraction, endothelial cell count, and clinical complica...

Traumatic aniridia and aphakia occurred in the left eye of a 22-year-old man who had had Artisan (Ophtec) phakic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Aniridia was probably the result of the relatively large wound used to implant the nonfoldable IOL. Although the eye had severe traumatic damage, vision was recoverable through a 2-stage procedure of vitrectomy and subsequent scleral suture fixati...

Purpose: To retrospectively estimate the long-term corneal endothelial cell loss in children after perforating corneal trauma and implantation of an iris-fixated anterior-chamber intraocular lens (IOL), either the Artisan aphakia lens or the Artificial Iris Implant, and to compare this corneal endothelial cell loss to that in children who received an Artisan aphakia lens to correct aphakia afte...

JULY 2014 CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY 55 M any techniques have been described for correcting aphakia with inadequate capsular support. The most common IOLs that are used include anterior chamber, posterior chamber, iris-fixated, and scleral-sutured IOLs; however, there is no current agreement on the ideal technique or technology. The Artisan aphakia lens (Ophtec; marketed as the Verisys...

We report a child who had implantation of an iris-fixated Artisan phakic intraocular lens (IOL) to correct high unilateral myopia to support the therapy of anisometropic amblyopia. After IOL implantation, the patient continued occlusion therapy to further treat the amblyopic eye. One year postoperatively, the best corrected visual acuity in the amblyopic eye was 1.00 and binocular stereovision ...

purpose: to assess hoffer correction factor in measurement of axial length (al) in eyes with phakic iol implants. methods: in this descriptive historical cohort study, axial length was measured by ultrasound (us) and iol master in both phakic and pseudophakic modes in 24 eyes of 14 patients with artisan intraocular lenses (iols) implanted for refractive purposes, hoffer’s suggested formula for ...