title: Contact between 3 phakic intraocular lens models and the crystalline lens: an anterior chamber optical coherence tomography study.
abstract: Three phakic intraocular lens (IOL) models were implanted in 3 different patients. With the usual slitlamp examination, it was not possible to determine whether there was contact between the IOLs and the natural crystalline lens. Using the anterior chamber optical coherence tomography (AC OCT) scanner, direct contact between the natural crystalline lens and the 3 phakic IOLs was revealed. A dynamic study of the contact was performed during accommodation. These observations show that examination of the anterior segment with the AC OCT scanner provides new data about the status of the anterior segment after implantation of phakic IOLs.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Monticelli, 13008 Marseille, France. g.baik.opht@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baikoff
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lutun
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferraz
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000601:surgery; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000175:diagnosis; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*