Secondary artisan phakic intraocular lens for correction of progressive high myopia in a pseudophakic child

Tova Lifshitz; Jaime Levy

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2005.05.005

Secondary artisan phakic intraocular lens for correction of progressive high myopia in a pseudophakic child

J AAPOS. 2005 Oct;9(5):497-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2005.05.005.

Authors

Tova Lifshitz¹, Jaime Levy

Affiliation

¹ Ophthalmology Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel.

PMID: 16213404
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2005.05.005

Abstract

An 8-week-old infant underwent unilateral cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation for total cataract in the left eye. After surgery, a residual progressive myopic error was observed, ranging from -4.5 diopters (D) 6 months after the operation to -14.0 D at the age of 3 years. Because of parental noncompliance for contact lens and spectacles use, secondary implantation of Artisan phakic IOL of -14.0 D power was performed. No intra- or postoperative complications were observed. Nine months after this second operation, myopia diminished to -3.25 D.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Disease Progression
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Lens Implantation, Intraocular / methods*
Lenses, Intraocular*
Myopia / etiology
Myopia / physiopathology
Myopia / surgery*
Prosthesis Design
Pseudophakia / complications*
Pseudophakia / physiopathology
Refraction, Ocular
Reoperation
Visual Acuity