We report a case of an acute endothelial failure after the implantation of a new cosmetic, colored, artificial iris diaphragm implant called NewIris(®). A 21-year-old woman came to us complaining of progressive loss of vision and pain after NewIris lenses had been implanted. Decreased visual acuity, corneal edema, and increased intraocular pressure in both eyes appeared only 3 weeks after the s...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of angle-supported phakic anterior chamber intraocular lenses in amblyopic adult eyes with very high myopia. METHODS We evaluated 12 eyes in nine patients with very high myopic amblyopia who received angle-supported phakic intraocular lenses (Phakic 6H) and followed them for more than six months. Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best-corrected visu...

OBJECTIVE To investigate iris perfusion in patients with and without pupil ovalization after phakic intraocular lens implantation. METHODS Comparative retrospective randomized case series of 6 participants, each with a regular pupil, and 6 participants with pupil ovalization after phakic intraocular lens implantation for high myopia were included in the study. Indocyanine green angiography wa...

Lens damage during phakic intraocular lens implantation is a major complication. A case of a patient who developed lens vacuoles during toric implantable collamer lens (ICL) removal from her right eye and insertion of a new non-toric ICL due to persistent rotation of the former is presented in this work. As this event is very uncommon when implanting phakic intraocular lenses, the performed sur...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the iris claw phakic intraocular lens (Artisan; Ophtec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands) in patients with high myopia. METHODS Between May 1999 and July 2001, 93 Artisan phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs) were implanted in 60 patients affected by high myopia. All patients underwent 24-month follow-up. The power of the lenses ranged from -7.5 to -22.0...

PURPOSE To assess the predictability, stability, safety, and efficacy of a collagen copolymer toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) to correct moderate and high astigmatism. SETTING Fernández-Vega Ophthalmological Institute, Oviedo, Spain. DESIGN Case series. METHODS After implantation of the TV4b toric Implantable Collamer Lens pIOL, the uncorrected (UDVA) and corrected (CDVA) distance vi...

PURPOSE To assess the feasibility of using phakic intraocular lenses (PIOL) to treat high myopia, and evaluate the incidence of cataract, comparing three different lens types. METHODS From 1989 to 2002, we implanted three different phakic intraocular lenses (PIOL) in 343 eyes of 232 patients; 231 eyes recieved an Ophtec (Worst-Fechner model, iris-claw), 89 an Adatomed (silicone posterior cham...