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Posterior chamber accommodating IOL shows promise, surgeon says

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A posterior chamber accommodating IOL “shows promise as an effective means of providing useful accommodation following refractive lens exchange,” according to early results in a study presented here.

Deepak K. Chitkara, MD, FRCS, of Manchester, England, presented results of the Kellan LH1000 posterior accommodating IOL by Lenstec at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.

In the study, 6-month results in pseudophakic eyes showed distance-corrected near visual acuity of J3 or better in 40% of eyes and J5 or better in 60% of eyes, Dr. Chitkara said. Uncorrected distance vision was 20/40 or better in 83% of eyes and 20/25 or better in 67% of eyes, he said.

“This lens shows stability at up to 6 months,” Dr. Chitkara said. Further study is warranted, he added.