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RLE shown safe and effective in moderate, high hyperopia

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NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Refractive lens exchange for moderate and high hyperopia was shown to be safe and successful in a long-term study presented here.

Amit Tarafdar

"Clear lensectomy for hyperopia is predictable and extremely safe. Results are acceptable for monofocal lenses and extremely good for multifocal lenses," Amit Tarafdar, MD, said during the joint meeting of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology here in Bali.

The study looked at 153 eyes with a mean refraction of +5.29 D, mean age of 52 years and mean follow-up of more than 5 years. The researchers implanted the eyes with a variety of three different IOLs.

Dr. Tarafdar showed that mean refraction improved from +5.29 D to 0.04 D, and near uncorrected visual acuity was J1 in more than 90% of patients. He had no intraoperative complications, no long-term postoperative complications and no retinal detachment.

"Retinal detachment after uncomplicated RLE seems to be nonexistent in moderate and high hyperopia," he said.