AIM To evaluate efficacy and safety of iris-supported phakic lenses (Verisyse) for treating moderately high myopia. METHODS This prospective clinical study included 40 eyes from 29 patients, who underwent implantation of Verisyse for correction of myopia from -6.00 to -14.50 diopters (D) in the Eye Clinic ''Svjetlost'', Sarajevo, from January 2011 to January 2014. Uncorrected distance visual ...

PURPOSE To report a case of reversal of myopic anisometropic amblyopia with phakic intraocular lens implantation. METHODS A 6-year-old boy with anisometropic amblyopia with spherical equivalent refraction of right eye: -14.00 -3.00 x 100 degrees, left eye: -0.50 -3.25 x 90 degrees, was treated for 2 years with occlusion to the left eye, with poor results. Refractive surgery was planned becaus...

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 evaluate the implantation of Artisan/Verisyse phakic intraocular lenses (pIOLs) (Advanced Medical Optics) as an effective and safe method for the correction of high myopia. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. METHODS This retrospective outcomes trial examined the implantation of Artisan/Veris...

PURPOSE To study a paired-match comparison between refractive lens exchange with pseudophakic IOL implant (RLE) and Artisan phakic IOL for high hyperopia. METHODS Nineteen eyes (12 patients, 20 to 41 years old) with an Artisan phakic IOL (Model 203: 1.00-D increment) for hyperopia from +2.75 to +9.25 D were matched to 19 eyes (15 patients, 26 to 46 yr) with hyperopia from +2.75 to +7.50 D, wh...

Phakic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation is an increasingly popular option in surgical correction of refractive error. To date, reports of long-term morbidity are infrequent in the literature. We encountered 3 patients who experienced corneal decompensation and cataract progression following angle-fixated anterior chamber phakic IOL placement.

To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Cakir and Utine1 regarding the results of combined intracorneal ring (KeraRing; Mediphacos Ltd, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and anterior chamber, iris-fi xated, phakic intraocular lens (IOL) (Artisan/Artifl ex; Ophtec BV, Groningen, The Netherlands) implantation in patients with keratectasia, which appeared in the February 2011 issue of the Journa...

PURPOSE To evaluate the changes in pupil size after implantation of an iris-supported toric phakic intraocular lens (TPIOL) for correction of myopia and hyperopia with astigmatism. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. METHODS Twenty-two myopic eyes and 9 hyperopic eyes were included in the study. The mean age of the 2 groups was 34 years and 40...

PURPOSE To compare the objective and subjective outcome of implantable collamer lenses (ICLs; Staar Surgical, Monrovia, CA) versus Veriflex lenses (AMO, Santa Ana, CA) for the correction of moderately high myopia. METHODS A prospective randomized comparative eye study was performed on 24 patients with bilateral myopia that ranged from -6 to -14.5 diopters (D). One eye was implanted with an IC...

The implantation of a phakic intraocular lens (IOL) for the correction of moderate or high myopia has theoretical advantages in comparison with corneal procedures and clear lens extraction, such as precision and stability not dependent on the corneal healing process, a wider range of correction, magnification of the intraocular image, and preservation of accommodation. However, these lenses hav...