title: The correction of myopia by lens implantation into phakic eyes.
abstract: We corrected myopia in 62 phakic eyes by fixing a concave intraocular lens to the midperiphery of the iris in the anterior chamber. No inflammation, glaucoma, corneal edema, or intraocular lens induced-cataract has occurred. The lens did not touch the corneal endothelium. The achieved correction was within 10% in 47 of the 62 eyes (76%) and within 20% of the expected correction in all eyes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Robert Koch Hospital, Hannover-Gehrden, West Germany.
authors.forename: P U
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Fechner
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: van der Heijde
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Worst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000628:therapy*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity