BACKGROUND Myopia is a condition in which the focusing power (refraction) of the eye is greater than that required for clear distance vision. There are two main types of surgical correction for moderate to high myopia; excimer laser and phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs). Excimer laser refractive surgery for myopia works by removing corneal stroma to lessen the refractive power of the cornea and ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of posterior chamber collagen copolymer phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation to correct myopia. SETTING Fernández-Vega Ophthalmological Institute, Oviedo, Spain. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS Uncorrected (UDVA) and corrected (CDVA) distance visual acuities, refraction, pIOL vault, endothelial cell loss, and adverse events were ev...

PURPOSE To evaluate the feasibility and safety of using phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs) to correct high myopia by comparing 3 IOL models: Adatomed, Staar, and Artisan. SETTING La Fe University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, and the Fundación Oftalmológica del Mediterráneo, Valencia, Spain. METHODS In this prospective comparative study, a phakic IOL was implanted in 217 highly myopi...

Ophthalmology Department, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and OftalmoCentro, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Av. Nilo Peçanha, 724/401, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 90.470-000, Brazil Author for correspondence: Tel.: +55 513 330 7733 Fax: +55 513 330 7733 [email protected] Artisan/Artiflex phakic intraocular lenses (pIOLs) demonstrate reversibility, high optical quality with better best specta...

Purpose To compare chronic subclinical inflammation induced after implantation of Artisan vs. Artiflex phakic intraocular lenses (pIOLs). Methods This prospective, comparative, non-randomized study included consecutive patients with moderate to high myopia who underwent Artisan or Artiflex pIOL implantation with standard surgery and postoperative care. Anterior chamber flare was assessed quan...

PURPOSE To evaluate the distance between the endothelial surface of the cornea to the anterior edge of an Artiflex® phakic intraocular lens (IOL) implant to improve the safety profile of this implant. METHODS This is a retrospective clinical case series of 45 patients who had Artiflex phakic IOL implantation (Artiflex p-IOL) with a follow-up period of 3 years. A Pentacam HR imaging system was...

The ability to obtain accurate measurement of ocular biometric dimensions, such as axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD) and crystalline lens thickness (LT), is essential in many clinical and research applications. For example, AL is used clinically for intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation prior to cataract and refractive surgery1 and to diagnose ocular conditions such as staphylo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy, safety and stability of posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (PIOLs) implantation for the correction of high myopia. METHODS Thirty-nine eyes of twenty patients with high myopia (between -11.75 and -25.75 diopters) had a posterior chamber PIOL (Staar ICL) implanted. During 6 - 48 months' follow-up, visual acuity, refraction, intraocular pressure (IOP),...

To assess the one year results of Artiflex Phakic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the treatment of high myopia. In this non-random interventional study, myopic patients with spherical equivalent worse than -5.0 diopters (D) who were not eligible for laser surgery were assessed. All patients had refraction, uncorrected and best corrected visual acuity tests (UCVA and BCVA), endothelial ce...