PURPOSE To evaluate the indications, lens styles, perioperative findings, and results of intraocular lens (IOL) explantation or exchange performed in the authors department in 2005. METHODS The retrospective analysis comprised 22 patients (23 eyes). Twenty-one eyes had previous phacoemulsification and IOL implantation, one eye secondary aphakic IOL, and one eye phakic IOL implantation. The in...

Introduction: We report the case of a patient in whom simultaneous toric phakic intraocular lens removal and phacoemulsification with toric intraocular lens implantation were beneficial for reducing pre-existing astigmatism and acquiring good visual outcomes in eyes with implantable collamer lens-induced cataract and astigmatism. Case presentation: A 53-year-old woman had undergone toric implan...

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 demonstrate the methodology described by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard Subcommittee on Astigmatism Analysis reporting a standardized method of presenting astigmatism data by laser systems that reshape the cornea also applies to toric phakic intraocular lens (IOL) data. METHODS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration trial of the Visian Toric Implantable Co...

arlo Lovisolo passed away on July 10th this summer after a prolonged battle with a glioblastoma. Born in Acqui Terme in October 1961, he was an outstanding physician and surgeon who enlightened his colleagues in ophthalmology with his surgical talent and meticulous observations, particularly in refractive surgery and most specifically in the field of phakic intraocular lens implantation. Carlo ...

INTRODUCTION Refractive ophthalmic surgery allows refractive errors to be corrected permanently in a safe, effective, and reliable way with few complications. METHODS Selective literature review with special reference to the guidelines of the German Commission for Refractive Surgery. RESULTS With a total of almost 18 million treatments performed to date, laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK)...

We present the first case of partial aniridia, traumatic cataract, and peripapillary subretinal hemorrhage after blunt trauma to an eye containing a foldable iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (pIOL). Although the patient experienced visual loss because of considerable corneal astigmatism and a traumatic cataract, vision was recovered by a 2-stage primary corneal repair and cataract surgery w...