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Volume 11 (5) * September/October 1995 * Brief Report (abstract)

Phakic Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lenses for the Correction of High Myopia

BACKGROUND

This article evaluates the benefits and risks of silicone intraocular lenses (IOLs) implanted just anterior to the surface of the crystalline lens.

METHODS

In this pilot study, 8 silicone IOLs were implanted into the posterior chambers of 8 phakic, myopic eyes (-8.00 to -20.00 diopters [D]) under local anesthesia through a 6-mm corneal incision.

RESULTS

Five of the eyes (62.5%) had a spherical equivalent refraction within ±1.00 D and all were within ±1.50 D of the attempted correction. The spectacle-corrected visual acuities were improved postoperatively in all eyes. Anterior chamber depths were decreased with a mean depth of 0.288 mm. Slight decentrations were observed in three eyes without any optical problems.

CONCLUSION

Phakic posterior chamber lenses are a promising intervention in highly myopic patients, especially in anisometropia. Further study is needed to prove the reliability of this technique. [J Refract Surg. 1995;11:388-391.]

AUTHORS

From Uludag University, Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Bursa, Turkey.

Presented in part at the XIth Congress of the ESCRS in Innsbruck, Austria.

The authors have no proprietary interest in the research or materials in this article.

Reprint requests should be addressed to Haluk Ertürk, MD, Uludag Ü. Tip Fakültesi, Görükle/16059, Bursa, Turkey.

Received: March 18, 1994
Accepted: April 19, 1995

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