title: Thirty-six month follow-up of a contemporary phakic intraocular lens for the surgical correction of myopia.
abstract: Twenty-three eyes underwent implantation of a glass anterior chamber phakic myopic intraocular lens by one of the surgeon co-authors. The follow-up was 18 to 36 months. All refractions were unchanged and stable within six weeks after surgery. Best-corrected visual acuity was achieved in all cases; in 56% of operated eyes, a one-to-three line visual improvement was noted over the preoperative status. No operative complications were encountered; no postoperative complications were noted in either the immediate or delayed phase. No intraocular lenses were removed. There was a 5.3% loss in endothelial cell count which was unchanged throughout the study. The contemporary phakic myopic intraocular lens offers a seminal approach to the surgical treatment of myopia.
authors.affiliation: New York Medical College.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Praeger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Momose
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Muroff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D002452:Cell Count; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity