Artiflex Toric Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation in Congenital Nystagmus

Autor: Gonzalo Muñoz, Lurdes Belda, César Albarrán-Diego, Teresa Ferrer-Blasco, Santiago García-Lázaro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Ophthalmology, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 273-278 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1663-2699
00033111
DOI: 10.1159/000331115
Popis: Case: A 44-year-old woman with congenital nystagmus and myopic astigmatism in both eyes who was submitted to phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation. Methods: Full ophthalmologic examination including refractive status, corrected (CDVA) and uncorrected (UCVA) monocular and binocular visual acuities, ocular motility, slit-lamp evaluation, tonometry and fundoscopy before and after implantation of toric pIOLs (Artiflex; Ophtec BV, The Netherlands) in both eyes. Results: Preoperative logMAR CDVA were 0.699 and 0.420 in the right and left eye, respectively. Three months after surgery, logMAR UCVA were 0.398 and 0.182, reaching binocular logMAR UCVA of 0.132. There were no changes in nystagmus characteristics after surgery. Conclusions: pIOL implantation may be a safe and suitable treatment to correct high refractive errors in patients with congenital nystagmus. Significant improvement in CDVA and UCVA can be achieved.
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