H B Dick1, F Krummenauer, L Tröber. 1. Universitäts-Augenklinik Bochum, In der Schornau 23-25, 44892 Bochum. augenklinik@kk-bochum.de
Abstract
UNLABELLED: This clinical trial was conducted to evaluate visual acuity, refraction and rotation after implantation of the foldable toric intraocular lens (IOL) MicroSil Toric. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 68 eyes of 48 patients from four different surgical departments were examined over a follow-up of three months after cataract surgery. RESULTS: An individually produced IOL with cylindrical correction between 2.0 and 12.0 D was implanted in all eyes. Postoperatively, 68 % of the eyes achieved an uncorrected visual acuity (VA) of 0.5 or better, 12 % achieved 1.0 or better. A corrected VA of 0.5 or better was achieved by 85 %, 31 % achieved a corrected VA of 1.0 or better. Corrected VA improved by 3 (+/- 2) lines. The uncorrected VA improved by 6.0 lines in the mean. The increases in uncorrected and corrected VA were statistically significant (p < 0.001). The efficacy index amounted to 1.1 in the median and 1.3 (+/- 1.5) in the mean. Residual refraction (spherical equivalent) was 0.89 D (+/- 0.7 D) in the mean and was reduced by 5.14 D (+/- 4.78 D) in the mean. The total astigmatic error was reduced both in a statistically as well as in a clinically significant manner from 4.6 D (+/- 2.3 D) to 1.12 D (+/- 0.9 D) in the mean. 75 % of eyes needed a postoperative cylindrical correction of less than 1.5 D, 95 % less than 2.25 D. Corneal astigmatism was not changed significantly (p = 0,435). The surgically induced astigmatism (Naeser) amounted to 0.7 D in the median. In 85 % of the cases IOL rotation was less than 5 degrees. 15 % of the IOLs rotated more than 5 degrees, one IOL more than 10 degrees (max. 28 degrees). Patients ranked their surgical outcome on a scale from 1 (very good) to 6 (poor) which resulted in a mean score of 1.9 (+/- 1.0; min. 1.0; max. 5.0). No clinically relevant correlations of clinical parameters and satisfaction were detected. CONCLUSION: Implantation of the foldable, toric IOL with Z-haptics decreased the refractive error and improved postoperative visual outcome. This IOL was suitable for low as well as for high astigmatism. IOL rotation was low during the follow-up of three months resulting in sufficient correction of the pre-existing astigmatism.
UNLABELLED: This clinical trial was conducted to evaluate visual acuity, refraction and rotation after implantation of the foldable toric intraocular lens (IOL) MicroSil Toric. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 68 eyes of 48 patients from four different surgical departments were examined over a follow-up of three months after cataract surgery. RESULTS: An individually produced IOL with cylindrical correction between 2.0 and 12.0 D was implanted in all eyes. Postoperatively, 68 % of the eyes achieved an uncorrected visual acuity (VA) of 0.5 or better, 12 % achieved 1.0 or better. A corrected VA of 0.5 or better was achieved by 85 %, 31 % achieved a corrected VA of 1.0 or better. Corrected VA improved by 3 (+/- 2) lines. The uncorrected VA improved by 6.0 lines in the mean. The increases in uncorrected and corrected VA were statistically significant (p < 0.001). The efficacy index amounted to 1.1 in the median and 1.3 (+/- 1.5) in the mean. Residual refraction (spherical equivalent) was 0.89 D (+/- 0.7 D) in the mean and was reduced by 5.14 D (+/- 4.78 D) in the mean. The total astigmatic error was reduced both in a statistically as well as in a clinically significant manner from 4.6 D (+/- 2.3 D) to 1.12 D (+/- 0.9 D) in the mean. 75 % of eyes needed a postoperative cylindrical correction of less than 1.5 D, 95 % less than 2.25 D. Corneal astigmatism was not changed significantly (p = 0,435). The surgically induced astigmatism (Naeser) amounted to 0.7 D in the median. In 85 % of the cases IOL rotation was less than 5 degrees. 15 % of the IOLs rotated more than 5 degrees, one IOL more than 10 degrees (max. 28 degrees). Patients ranked their surgical outcome on a scale from 1 (very good) to 6 (poor) which resulted in a mean score of 1.9 (+/- 1.0; min. 1.0; max. 5.0). No clinically relevant correlations of clinical parameters and satisfaction were detected. CONCLUSION: Implantation of the foldable, toric IOL with Z-haptics decreased the refractive error and improved postoperative visual outcome. This IOL was suitable for low as well as for high astigmatism. IOL rotation was low during the follow-up of three months resulting in sufficient correction of the pre-existing astigmatism.