Secondary artisan phakic intraocular lens for correction of progressive high myopia in a pseudophakic child.
An 8-week-old infant underwent unilateral cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation for total cataract in the left eye. After surgery, a residual progressive myopic error was observed, ranging from -4.5 diopters (D) 6 months after the operation to -14.0 D at the age of 3 years. Because of parental noncompliance for contact lens and spectacles use, secondary implantation of Artisan phakic IOL of -14.0 D power was performed. No intra- or postoperative complications were observed. Nine months after this second operation, myopia diminished to -3.25 D.
Lifshitz
Tova
T
Ophthalmology Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel.
Levy
Jaime
J
D018450:Disease Progression; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D009216:Myopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012086:Reoperation; D014792:Visual Acuity