Long-term longitudinal changes in axial length in the Caucasian myopic and hyperopic population with a phakic intraocular lens.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the long-term longitudinal axial length changes in myopic and hyperopic adults with an iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens (pIOL).

Methods

The medical records of patients aged ≥18 years with myopia or hyperopia who were treated with pIOL implantation between 1996 and 2011 for refractive correction with a minimum follow-up of 5 years after pIOL implantation were analyzed. The main outcome measure was change in ocular axial length over time.

Results

149 eyes of 149 myopic patients and 27 hyperopic eyes of 27 patients were included in this study. Mean patient age was 37.1 ± 10.4 years (35% male) in the myopic group and 39.4 ± 9.4 years (4% male) in the hyperopic group. The eyes of the myopic patients showed a significant mean increase in axial lengt

SUBMITTER: Gaurisankar ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359445 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature