This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.

Phakic IOL implantation caused temporary drop in contrast sensitivity, study finds

Add topic to email alerts

Receive an email when new articles are posted on

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .

Subscribe

Added to email alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

Back to Healio

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.

Back to Healio

Implanting an Artisan phakic IOL to correct high myopia can cause a small increase in higher-order aberrations and a temporary decrease in contrast sensitivity, a prospective study found.

So-Hyang Chung, MD, and colleagues in Seoul, Korea, measured higher-order aberrations and contrast sensitivity in 25 eyes of 15 patients implanted with the Artisan phakic IOL (Ophtec) for myopia greater than 8 D. At 1 month follow-up, the researchers found that, under photopic conditions, total higher-order aberrations increased slightly and contrast sensitivity significantly decreased at all cycles per degree. However, contrast sensitivity had returned to baseline at 3 months follow-up, the authors reported.

Uncorrected logMAR visual acuity had improved from 1.58 preoperatively to 0.22 at 3 months follow-up, and spherical equivalent refraction averaged –0.77 ± 0.34 D, according to the study, published in the April issue of Ophthalmologica.

Advanced Medical Optics markets the Artisan IOL in the United States under the trade name Verisyse.