A Long Term Follow Up of Posterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lenses for Correcting Intractable Pediatric Myopic Anisometropic Amblyopia

Author(s):  
Fathy Fawzy Morkos ◽  
Nader F. Fawzy ◽  
Mohamed El Bahrawy ◽  
Nada Fathy ◽  
Rania Serag Elkitkat

Abstract Background Pediatric myopic anisometropic amblyopia is one of the most challenging clinical situations that can face an ophthalmologist. Conventional correction modalities for myopic anisometropic amblyopia, using spectacles, contact lenses, and/or occlusion therapy, may not be suitable for some pediatric patients or for some ocular conditions. This may lead to the development of amblyopia and loss of binocular vision. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the visual and refractive efficacy, safety, and stability of Posterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lenses (PC-pIOLs) for correcting pediatric myopic anisometropic amblyopia. Methods This case series, prospective, interventional study was conducted at Watany Eye Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. It comprised 42 eyes of 42 children with myopic anisometropic amblyopia and unsuccessful conventional therapy. After implantation of Intraocular Collamer Lenses “ICLs” (Visian ICL, Model V4c, STAAR Surgical, Monrovia, California, USA), postoperative follow up visits were scheduled, with subjective refraction and Pentacam imaging performed. Results The patients’ age range was 3 to 18 years (mean ± SD = 10.58 years ± 4.23). The mean preoperative SE was − 12.54 D ± 2.93. The results declared a significant improvement in the postoperative CDVA (P value < 0.01) and SE (P value < 0.01). The efficacy index had a value of 1.18 ± 0.3 and the safety index was 1.09 ± 0.24. The follow up visits had a mean ± SD of 14.67 months ± 16.56 (range of 1 to 54 months). The results showed a refractive stability, with slight (statistically insignificant) improvements in the subjective refraction between the first postoperative and the follow up visits. No postoperative complications were encountered. Conclusions The present study, with the longest reported follow up range, declared the long-term efficacy, safety, and stability of Visian ICLs for correcting pediatric myopic anisometropic amblyopia. The reported non-compliance with occlusion therapy validates the early implantation of Visian ICLs in cases of failed conventional therapy to guard against anisometropic amblyopia.

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathy Fawzy Morkos ◽  
Nader F. Fawzy ◽  
Mohamed El Bahrawy ◽  
Nada Fathy ◽  
Rania Serag Elkitkat

Abstract Background Myopic anisometropic amblyopia in pediatrics is one of the most challenging clinical situations that can face an ophthalmologist. Conventional correction modalities for myopic anisometropia, using spectacles, contact lenses, and/or occlusion therapy, may not be suitable for some pediatric patients or for some ocular conditions. This may lead to the development of anisometropic amblyopia. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the visual and the refractive efficacy, safety, and stability of Posterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lenses (PC-pIOLs) for correcting myopic anisometropic amblyopia in a pediatric cohort. Methods This case series, prospective, interventional study was conducted at Watany Eye Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. It comprised children and teenagers with myopic anisometropic amblyopia and unsuccessful conventional therapy. After implantation of Intraocular Collamer Lenses “ICLs” (Visian ICL, Model V4c, STAAR Surgical, Monrovia, California, USA), postoperative follow-up visits were scheduled, with automated refraction and Pentacam imaging performed. Results The study enrolled 42 eyes of 42 patients. The age range was 3 to 18 years (mean ± SD = 10.74 years ±4.16). The mean preoperative spherical equivalent (SE) was − 12.85 D ± 2.74. The results declared a significant improvement in the postoperative Corrected Distance Visual Acuity “CDVA” (P value < 0.01) and SE (P value < 0.01). The efficacy index had a value of 1.18 ± 0.3 and the safety index was 1.09 ± 0.24. The follow-up visits had a mean ± SD of 14.67 months ±16.56 (range of 1 to 54 months). The results showed a refractive stability, with statistically insignificant improvements in the patients’ visual acuity and refractive status on evaluating the enrolled pediatrics during the follow-up visits compared to the first postoperative visits. No postoperative complications were encountered. Worthy of mention is that there was a significant (80%) non-compliance with the prescribed postoperative occlusion therapy. Conclusions The present study, with the longest reported follow-up range, declared the long-term efficacy, safety, and stability of Visian ICLs for correcting myopic anisometropic amblyopia in pediatrics. The reported non-compliance with occlusion therapy validates the early implantation of Visian ICLs in cases with failed conventional therapy to guard against anisometropic amblyopia.


2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 906-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Canan A Utine ◽  
Sukru Bayraktar ◽  
Vedat Kaya ◽  
Hakan Eren ◽  
Irfan Perente ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64
Author(s):  
G. V. Sorokoletov ◽  
E. R. Tumanyan ◽  
A. N. Bessarabov ◽  
M. A. Soboleva

To date, the operation of choice in young patients with high myopia, is the implantation of posterior chamber phakic intraocular lenses (PIOL), provided that there are contraindications to keratorefractive interventions, However, in the late postoperative period, cataracts may occur, which requires the development of surgical tactics for lens explantation with simultaneous phacoemulsification of cataract (FEC) implementation.The purpose is to develop and analyze a method for removing a PIOL through a 2 mm corneal incision in subcapsular cataract cases.Material and methods. Posterior chamber domestic models of PIOL type RSK-1(3) and RSK-3 in 22 patients (37 eyes), implanted in the S.N. FEDOROV “EYE MICROSURGERY” clinic in 1994 – 2001 had to be removed due to the development of secondary cataracts. PIOL stayed in the eye 2 to 26 years (averagely 14.30 ± 1.30 yrs). In all cases, the P IOL was removed followed by FEC with implantation of a posterior chamber IOL. The optical power of the IOL was calculated mainly in such a way that the residual myopic refraction was 2.0–3.0 D.Results. The intraoperative condition of the anterior chamber was stable, the volume of irrigation fluid consumed was within 90–120 ml. No complications were detected in the early and late postoperative periods. The results of dynamic ophthalmological follow up of patients showed that visual acuity without correction and with correction after surgery averaged 0.2 ± 0.1 and 0.60 ± 0.15, respectively.Conclusion. The proposed method of explantation of domestic lenses of S.N. FEDOROV NMRC MNTK “EYE MICROSURGERY” shows that it enables a safe, simple removal of PIOL in the event of secondary subcapsular cataract, which allows achieving high clinical and functional results without overspending the irrigation solution.


2021 ◽  
pp. 112067212110356
Author(s):  
Mariano Royo ◽  
Ángel Jiménez ◽  
Irene Martínez-Alberquilla ◽  
José F Alfonso

Purpose: To analyse long-term efficacy, safety, visual and refractive stability and physiological changes of Artiflex Myopia and Toric phakic intraocular lenses (pIOL) separately throughout an 8-year follow-up. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Methods: A total of 67 eyes of 37 patients underwent Artiflex Myopia (47 eyes) or Artiflex Toric (20 eyes) implantation for correcting myopia and/or astigmatism. Follow-up evaluations were performed 1, 3, 5 and 8 years after surgery. Preoperative and postoperative data included corrected (CDVA) and uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), manifest refraction, endothelial cell density (ECD) and intraocular pressure (IOP) assessments. Efficacy and safety indexes were analysed. The vectorial analysis was performed using the Thibos method. Results: Mean CDVA and UDVA of both pIOLs significantly improved from preoperative to 1 year after implantation, and then it remained stable over the 8-year follow-up. The efficacy and safety indexes after 8 years were 0.94 ± 0.16 and 1.07 ± 0.18 for Artiflex Myopia and 1.00 ± 0.11 and 1.10 ± 0.15 for Artiflex Toric, respectively. The spherical equivalent (SE) significantly improved after surgery. J0, J45 and SE refractive components showed no changes between postoperative visits. A total ECD loss of 4.8% ( p < 0.001) and 10.4% ( p = 0.005) was found after 8 years for Artiflex Myopia and Toric, respectively. Conclusions: Artiflex Myopia and Toric pIOLs are a safe, efficient and predictable option for the correction of myopia and/or astigmatism. The vectorial analysis showed excellent rotation stability for the toric version.


2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 873-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
José F. Alfonso ◽  
Begoña Baamonde ◽  
Luis Fernández-Vega ◽  
Paulo Fernandes ◽  
Jose M. González-Méijome ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 712-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Montserrat Bausili Portabella ◽  
Jeroni Nadal ◽  
Juan Alvarez de Toledo ◽  
María Fideliz de la Paz ◽  
Rafael Ignacio Barraquer

PurposePurpose: To evaluate the long-term stability of scleral-sutured intraocular lenses (IOLs) and analyse the possible causes of suture breakage.SettingBarraquer Institute in Barcelona, Spain.DesignRetrospective study of consecutive cases.MethodsStudy of patients with scleral-sutured IOL with aphakia, subluxated or luxated IOL were included. Follow-up was longer than 6 months and patients over 18 years of age. Preoperative data (best-corrected visual acuity testing (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), axial length and slit-lamp examination), intraoperative data (characteristics of the scleral flaps, suture material (Prolene or Mersilene) and scleral-sutured IOL) and postoperative data (BCVA, IOP, slit-lamp examination and complications) through 10 years were collected for analysis.Results345 consecutive cases of scleral-sutured IOL were included. 25 eyes underwent a second operation after a prior sutured IOL due to suture breakage (mean 40.2±39.6 months after the first surgery) and three of them needed a third surgery. Younger adults (less than 40-year old), the use of a combination of Prolene and Mersilene sutures to perform the surgery and suturing only one flap were found to have higher risk of suture breakage after a follow-up of 10 years. The probability of surviving of the scleral-sutured IOL at 10 years after surgery was 0.79.ConclusionsScleral-sutured posterior chamber IOL in eyes with a lack of capsular support is a safe and effective procedure with a low rate of complication and stable visual acuity. Further studies with special focus on young adults or myopic eyes are required to demonstrate long-term safety in those special cases.


2019 ◽  
Vol 257 (7) ◽  
pp. 1555-1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khosrow Jadidi ◽  
Seyed Aliasghar Mosavi ◽  
Farhad Nejat ◽  
Neda Mohammadi ◽  
Hosein Aghamolaei ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
pp. 112067212095093
Author(s):  
Diogo Hipólito-Fernandes ◽  
Maria Elisa-Luís ◽  
Miguel Vieira ◽  
Sara Crisóstomo ◽  
Nuno Alves ◽  
...  

Purpose: To describe the surgical approach and long-term outcomes of Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) for endothelial failure secondary to phakic intraocular lenses (pIOL). Methods: Retrospective, interventional case series of 18 eyes of 13 patients who developed endothelial failure secondary to pIOL implant. Patients were submitted to pIOL explant and DSAEK for visual rehabilitation, with or without phacoemulsification plus posterior-chamber intraocular lens implant. The minimum follow-up time was 3 years and the main outcome measures were best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), endothelial cell density (ECD) and percentage of endothelial cell loss (ECL), intraoperative and postoperative complications. Results: Patients’ mean age was 47.44 (7.86) years with a mean follow-up time of 55.61 (14.13) months. Sixteen eyes (88.9%) had an angle-supported pIOL. The mean pIOL implant-to explant time was 8.17 (2.73) years. BCVA improved from 1.00 (0.36) logMAR preoperatively to 0.29 (0.36) logMAR at 1 year of follow-up ( p < 0.001), remaining stable over the entire follow-up period ( p > 0.05). At the last visit, all corneas were clear, with a mean ECD of 724.74 (325.57) cells/mm2. During the follow-up, two eyes (11.1%) required a re-DSAEK due to early graft failure (<3 months). Conclusion: Our outcomes reveal that an individualized and careful approach may result in a stable visual rehabilitation in young patients with corneal decompensation following pIOL implant.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Medina-Inojosa ◽  
A Ladejobi ◽  
Z Attia ◽  
M Shelly-Cohen ◽  
B Gersh ◽  
...  

Abstract Background We have demonstrated that artificial intelligence interpretation of ECGs (AI-ECG) can estimate an individual's physiologic age and that the gap between AI-ECG and chronologic age (Age-Gap) is associated with increased mortality. We hypothesized that Age-Gap would predict long-term atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and that Age-Gap would refine the ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations' (PCE) predictive abilities. Methods Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) we evaluated a community-based cohort of consecutive patients seeking primary care between 1998–2000 and followed through March 2016. Inclusion criteria were age 40–79 and complete data to calculate PCE. We excluded those with known ASCVD, AF, HF or an event within 30 days of baseline.A neural network, trained, validated, and tested in an independent cohort of ∼ 500,000 independent patients, using 10-second digital samples of raw, 12 lead ECGs. PCE was categorized as low&lt;5%, intermediate 5–9.9%, high 10–19.9%, and very high≥20%. The primary endpoint was ASCVD and included fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke; the secondary endpoint also included coronary revascularization [Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)], TIA and Cardiovascular mortality. Events were validated in duplicate. Follow-up was truncated at 10 years for PCE analysis. The association between Age-Gap with ASCVD and expanded ASCVD was assessed with cox proportional hazard models that adjusted for chronological age, sex and risk factors. Models were stratified by PCE risk categories to evaluate the effect of PCE predicted risk. Results We included 24,793 patients (54% women, 95% Caucasian) with mean follow up of 12.6±5.1 years. 2,366 (9.5%) developed ASCVD events and 3,401 (13.7%) the expanded ASCVD. Mean chronologic age was 53.6±11.6 years and the AI-ECG age was 54.5±10.9 years, R2=0.7865, p&lt;0.0001. The mean Age-Gap was 0.87±7.38 years. After adjusting for age and sex, those considered older by ECG, compared to their chronologic age had a higher risk for ASCVD when compared to those with &lt;−2 SD age gap (considered younger by ECG). (Figure 1A), with similar results when using the expanded definition of ASCVD (data not shown). Furthermore, Age-Gap enhanced predicted capabilities of the PCE among those with low 10-year predicted risk (&lt;5%): Age and sex adjusted HR 4.73, 95% CI 1.42–15.74, p-value=0.01 and among those with high predicted risk (&gt;20%) age and sex adjusted HR 6.90, 95% CI 1.98–24.08, p-value=0.0006, when comparing those older to younger by ECG respectively (Figure 1B). Conclusion The difference between physiologic AI-ECG age and chronologic age is associated with long-term ASCVD, and enhances current risk calculators (PCE) ability to identify high and low risk individuals. This may help identify individuals who should or should not be treated with newer, expensive risk-reducing therapies. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Mayo Clinic


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Gros-Otero ◽  
Samira Ketabi ◽  
Rafael Cañones-Zafra ◽  
Montserrat Garcia-Gonzalez ◽  
Cesar Villa-Collar ◽  
...  

Abstract Background To compare the anterior surface roughness of two commercially available posterior chamber phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs) using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Methods Four phakic IOLs were used for this prospective, experimental study: two Visian ICL EVO+ V5 lenses and two iPCL 2.0 lenses. All of them were brand new, were not previously implanted in humans, were monofocal and had a dioptric power of − 12 diopters (D). The anterior surface roughness was assessed using a JPK NanoWizard II® atomic force microscope in contact mode immersed in liquid. Olympus OMCL-RC800PSA commercial silicon nitride cantilever tips were used. Anterior surface roughness measurements were made in 7 areas of 10 × 10 μm at 512 × 512 point resolution. The roughness was measured using the root-mean-square (RMS) value within the given regions. Results The mean of all anterior surface roughness measurements was 6.09 ± 1.33 nm (nm) in the Visian ICL EVO+ V5 and 3.49 ± 0.41 nm in the iPCL 2.0 (p = 0.001). Conclusion In the current study, we found a statistically significant smoother anterior surface in the iPCL 2.0 phakic intraocular lenses compared with the VISIAN ICL EVO+ V5 lenses when studied with atomic force microscopy.


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