title: [Refractive stability of foldable intraocular lenses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the refractive stability of different kind of foldable intraocular lenses.
  
  
  METHODS
  There was performed a two years (mean follow-up 7,4 +/- 1,2 months) prospective interventional case series study on 108 with senile cataract, without another ocular pathology which underwent cataract surgery by phacoemulsification and implantation of foldable intraocular lens (the same surgeon). Each patient had their refractive status measured at the 1-month postoperative visit, 3-months and at the 6-months follow-up visit. The results have been statistically analyzed using the Wilcoxon test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The postoperative refractive results were correlated with IOL design and material. The acrylic hydrophobic foldable intraocular lens with rigid haptics was more likely to move to hypermetropia and the acrylic hydrophobic foldable intraocular lens with pliable haptics showed minimal myopic movement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On long-term, the 1-piece acrylic hydrophobic IOL with soft acrylic loops had the most stable refractive results.
authors.affiliation: Secţia Clinică de Oftalmologie, Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţă Militar Central.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nenciu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cucea
authors.forename: Eliza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tebeanu
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malcea
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melinte
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sapundgieva
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates