Spontaneous dislocation of a Verisyse phakic intraocular lens with severe corneal endothelial cell loss.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of spontaneous dislocation of a Verisyse phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) with severe corneal endothelial cell loss.


METHODS
A 29-year-old woman with no history of trauma presented with complaint of blurred vision in the right eye of 5 months' duration. History included uneventful implantation of a PIOL bilaterally to correct high myopia in January 2007.


RESULTS
Visual acuity was 20/100, central endothelial cell density had decreased to 592/mm(2), central corneal pachymetry was 634 microm. The PIOL dislocated temporally and was removed without any lens implanted again. Three months postoperatively, her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/60.


CONCLUSIONS
A correct fixation with sufficient folded iris inside the claw and long-term follow-up are important for patients with implanted PIOL, and the long-term effects on endothelial cell density in this patient remain to be seen.
Wang
Kai-Jie
KJ
Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Lab, Beijing - China.
Zhu
Si-Quan
SQ
D000328:Adult; D002452:Cell Count; D055954:Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss / Q000209:etiology*; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery; D054120:Phakic Intraocular Lenses; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology