title: Imaging of posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens by optical coherence tomography.
abstract: We demonstrate the applicability of optical coherence tomography to visualize the distance between the intraocular lens (IOL) and the lens capsule (lens vault) after implantation of the Staar Collamer posterior phakic IOL, also known as the implantable contact lens (ICL). Maintaining a substantial lens vault may be important to avoid cataract formation, but the lens vault was found to change over time; changes in accommodation and pupil size have also been noted. Optical coherence tomography allows precise assessment of the anatomic relationship between the ICL and the crystalline lens in a noncontact, noninvasive manner, permitting dynamic monitoring of changes in accommodation and pupil size.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. mbechman@ak-i.med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bechmann
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ullrich
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ludwig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000601:surgery; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008027:Light; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods