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Angle-supported phakic IOL improved vision in scleral buckling-treated eyes

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Using an angle-supported phakic IOL after scleral buckling for retinal detachment can result in good visual outcomes with only minor complications in eyes without anterior chamber abnormalities, a study found.

A. Leccisotti evaluated the use of angle-supposed phakic IOLs for improving vision in eyes treated with scleral buckling for retinal detachment. The retrospective, noncomparative case series included nine eyes of seven patients. Patients underwent phakic IOL insertion an average of 3.2 years after retinal detachment surgery, according to the study.

Spherical equivalent averaged –16.36 D preoperatively and improved to –0.99 D at 4.2 years mean follow-up.

Complications included pupil ovalization in two eyes and worsening of floaters in both eyes of one patient, according to the study.

No patients had a recurrence of retinal detachment, Dr. Leccisotti noted.

The study was published in the European Journal of Ophthalmology.