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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Combined surgery to correct high myopia: iris claw phakic intraocular lens and laser in situ keratomileusis.
Journal of Refractive Surgery 1999 September
PURPOSE: To evaluate the results of combined surgery, implantation of an Artisan phakic iris claw intraocular lens (IOL) followed by laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) to correct high myopia.
METHODS: A prospective study of 6 patients (8 eyes) with high myopia who had Artisan phakic IOL implantation followed by LASIK was undertaken. The IOL was a standard -15.00-D, 6-mm diameter optical zone. Residual refractive error was corrected by LASIK. Mean follow-up was 16 +/- 4 months (range, 12 to 20 mo).
RESULTS: After the second procedure (LASIK), uncorrected visual acuity ranged from 0.4 to 0.63 (mean, 0.5 +/- 0.07) at 1 month and from 0.6 to 0.7 (mean, 0.62 +/- 0.04) at 12 months. Spectacle-corrected visual acuity improved 2 or more lines in 62.5% (5 eyes) from preoperative values. Mean postoperative spherical equivalent refraction was -0.68 +/- 0.23 at 1 month and -0.35 +/- 0.22 at 12 months after LASIK. All eyes were within +/-1.00 D of emmetropia following the LASIK portion of the two-stage procedure and 5 eyes were within +/-0.50 D. We had no major complications. No significant endothelial damage occurred.
CONCLUSIONS: The accurate refractive outcome, absence of major complications, stability of results, and most important, improvement in quality of vision (defined as no change in vision when illumination conditions varied, eg, at night) experienced by these highly myopic patients are reasons to continue using and improving this combined technique.
METHODS: A prospective study of 6 patients (8 eyes) with high myopia who had Artisan phakic IOL implantation followed by LASIK was undertaken. The IOL was a standard -15.00-D, 6-mm diameter optical zone. Residual refractive error was corrected by LASIK. Mean follow-up was 16 +/- 4 months (range, 12 to 20 mo).
RESULTS: After the second procedure (LASIK), uncorrected visual acuity ranged from 0.4 to 0.63 (mean, 0.5 +/- 0.07) at 1 month and from 0.6 to 0.7 (mean, 0.62 +/- 0.04) at 12 months. Spectacle-corrected visual acuity improved 2 or more lines in 62.5% (5 eyes) from preoperative values. Mean postoperative spherical equivalent refraction was -0.68 +/- 0.23 at 1 month and -0.35 +/- 0.22 at 12 months after LASIK. All eyes were within +/-1.00 D of emmetropia following the LASIK portion of the two-stage procedure and 5 eyes were within +/-0.50 D. We had no major complications. No significant endothelial damage occurred.
CONCLUSIONS: The accurate refractive outcome, absence of major complications, stability of results, and most important, improvement in quality of vision (defined as no change in vision when illumination conditions varied, eg, at night) experienced by these highly myopic patients are reasons to continue using and improving this combined technique.
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