title: Two-Year Follow-Up of Artisan Iris-Supported Phakic Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lens for Correction of High Myopia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the results of Artisan iris-supported phakic anterior chamber intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation in patients with high myopia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical records of patients who underwent Artisan pIOL implantation for surgical correction of myopia were retrospectively reviewed. Only patients with at least a two- year follow-up were included. Spherical equivalent of manifest refractive error (SE), uncorrected visual acuity (UDVA), distance corrected visual acuity (CDVA), and endothelial cell density (ECD) were analyzed at six months, one year, and two years after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-two eyes of 42 patients were included in the study. All patients had a minimum anterior chamber depth of 3.0 mm from the endothelium. At two years, 68% of the patients were within ±0.50 D. Mean ECD was 2723 ± 311 cells/mm(2) preoperatively and 2630 ± 291 cells/mm(2) at six months postoperatively (3.4% loss, p = 0.001). ECD loss from six months postoperatively to two years postoperatively was not statistically significantly different. In three eyes (4.8%) of two patients, a temporary, steroid-induced increase in intraocular pressure (IOP) was detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Artisan pIOL implantation is a safe and highly effective procedure for surgical correction of high myopia. ECD loss stabilizes in the early postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yaşa
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ağca
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Alkın
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Kadir İlker
authors.initials: Kİ
authors.lastname: Çankaya
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Yalçin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karaküçük
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Mediha Gülen
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Coşar
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: İhsan
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.affiliation: a Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey and.|b Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Ophthalmology , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery; D002452:Cell Count; D055954:Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss / Q000175:diagnosis; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000601:surgery*; D054120:Phakic Intraocular Lenses; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Artisan; endothelium; iris claw; phakic intraocular lens