PURPOSE To evaluate the 3-year safety, efficacy, predictability, and stability of iris-fixated toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation for the correction of myopia or hyperopia with astigmatism. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, and Department of Ophthalmology, University Clinic, Bochum, Germany. METHODS A prospective clinical trial of 40 e...

We describe the use of power vector analysis in quantifying the amount of lens rotation and assesing the subsequent correction in a case of rotated Artiflex toric phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) (Ophtec BV, Netherlands). A 33 year old patient was corrected by bilateral implantation of Artiflex toric pIOLs for high myopia and astigmatism. Two months after the surgery the patient reported worse vi...

optical rehabilitation of the patient with aphakia who cannot tolerate contact lenses present a therapeutic challenge. in the absence of capsular support, anterior chamber lenses have been widely used. on the other hand intraocular lens implantation of scleral sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens during penterating keratoplasty or insufficient iris support is recommended. the purpose of t...

PURPOSE To measure cataract changes quantitatively in the crystalline lens after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C and to identify associated clinical factors. METHODS Forty-one consecutive trabeculectomy patients (41 eyes) were enrolled in this prospective study. The enrollment criteria were: phakic eye, no history of intraocular surgeries or inflammation, and no corneal opacification. The tra...