title: Piggyback posterior chamber multifocal intraocular lenses in anisometropia.
abstract: A 63-year-old white man with anisometropic hyperopia presented with cataract in both eyes. He had uneventful temporal limbal phacoemulsification with intracapsular placement of a multifocal 3-piece silicone intraocular lens (IOL) in his right eye (model SA-40N, Allergan, Inc.). One week later, 2 intracapsular 3-piece silicone IOLs (1 monofocal backward, Allergan model SI-40NB; 1 multifocal in front, Allergan model SA-40N) were implanted in his left eye. At 8 days postoperatively, uncorrected visual acuity was 20/20 for distance and J1 for near vision in the right eye and 20/30 and J2, respectively, in the left. These values remained constant until the patient was seen 7 months postoperatively. Power calculation and insertion order of the piggyback IOLs were considered.
authors.affiliation: Cornea Service, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, CES, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Mejía
mesh_terms: D015858:Anisometropia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D012826:Silicone Elastomers