title: Preliminary efficacy and safety of zero diopter lens implantation in highly myopic eyes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the preliminary efficacy and safety of zero diopter (D) intraocular lens implantation in highly myopic eyes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective surgical case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three highly myopic eyes with axial lengths greater than 30 mm were implanted with zero D Alcon model MA60MA 3-piece acrylic posterior chamber lenses at the time of cataract surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Uncorrected visual acuity improved from counting fingers to 20/20- and 20/40- in two eyes. Best-corrected visual acuity improved from 20/80 and 20/60+ to 20/20- in the same eyes. A third eye was at counting fingers before and after surgery, because of a staphyloma. The range of preoperative, intended postoperative, and achieved postoperative spherical equivalent refractive errors was -15.1 to -25.0 diopters, -0.20 to -1.44 diopters, and +0.13 to +0.50 diopters respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All eyes experienced mild hyperopic refractive errors after surgery. No retinal detachments occurred during the follow-up interval.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 100 Stein Plaza, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7002, USA.
authors.forename: Marcela L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pomberg
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000209:etiology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012449:Safety; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins