Implantable Contact Lens to Correct High Myopia(Clinical Study with 24 Months Follow-up).
- Author:
Sang Yeop LEE
1
;
Hee Jong CHEON
;
Tae Min BAEK
;
Kyung Hun LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, St.Mary's Eye Hospital, Inc.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
High myopia;
ICL;
Refractive surgery
- MeSH:
Cataract;
Endothelial Cells;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Intraocular Pressure;
Lenses, Intraocular*;
Refractive Errors;
Refractive Surgical Procedures;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2000;41(7):1515-1522
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A ICL TM(STAAR Collamer Posterior chamber Implantable Contact Lens) lents ranging from -11D to -21.3D. And then we investigated the visualwas implanted in 12 eyes of 7 patients with preoperative spherical equivalents ranging from -11 D to -21.3 D. And then we investigated the visual acuity, mean endothelial cell loss, change of refractive error and postoperative complications.Average follow-up was 28.1 months. In the immediate postoperative days, all eyes had a significant increase in uncorrected visual acuity and the best corrected visual acuity was improved in 7 eyes(58.3%). Mean percent difference between preoperative and postoperative endothelial cell count was 3.22+/-0.05% . The mean preoperative spherical equivalent refraction was -15.65+/-2.78 D. At a mean follow-up of 1 month, mean spherical equivalent refraction was -1.67+/-0.72D, at a 6months, 12 months, 24 months, mean spherical equivalent refraction was each -1.56+/-0.72D, -1.63+/-0.68D, -1.73+/-0.76D. During follow-up days one eye developed an faint anterior subcapsular cataract but the patient remained symptom free. Other reported complication was transient increased intraocular pressure. Although the follow-up in our study was limited cases(12 eyes), from our experience, the posterior chamber implantable contact lens was efficacious and safe in the correction of high myopic refraction errors.
