Gracia Castro de Luna1, Darío Ramos-López2, Ana Belén Castaño Fernández3, Diego Cuevas Santamaría4. 1. Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almería, Almería, Spain. graciacl@ual.es. 2. Department of Applied Mathematics, Materials Science and Engineering and Electronic Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Spain. 3. Department of Mathematics, University of Almería, Almería, Spain. 4. Department of Refractive Surgery, INVISION Ophthalmologic Hospital, Almería, Spain.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of the Artiflex® lens implant and to follow the evolution of the number of corneal endothelial cells over time. DESIGN: It was a retrospective study of an observational case series of patients who underwent surgery at "The INVISION Ophthalmic Hospital" (Almería, Spain) in 2007 and who were followed for 10 years. METHODS: Setting: Clinical practice. Study population included 53 eyes of 30 patients who underwent an Artiflex® lens implant for the correction of myopia from -4 to -14 D. Each patient included in this study had stable myopia for at least 2 years and a contraindication for corneal refractive surgery. The efficacy index was defined as the quotient between uncorrected distance visual acuity postoperative and best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA) preoperative. The safety index was calculated as the quotient between BCDVA postop and BCDVA preop. RESULTS: The average efficacy and safety indices of the lenses implanted were 1.1 (SD 0.30) and 1.06 (SD 0.2) at 10 years of follow-up. In this period of time there has been a loss of 12% of the corneal endothelial cells. The postoperative complications were pigment dispersion in four eyes (7%) of four patients and decentration of phakic intraocular lens in two eyes (4%) of another two patients. CONCLUSIONS: The Artiflex® foldable phakic lens could be a safe and effective long-term alternative for myopic patients in whom laser surgery was contraindicated.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of the Artiflex® lens implant and to follow the evolution of the number of corneal endothelial cells over time. DESIGN: It was a retrospective study of an observational case series of patients who underwent surgery at "The INVISION Ophthalmic Hospital" (Almería, Spain) in 2007 and who were followed for 10 years. METHODS: Setting: Clinical practice. Study population included 53 eyes of 30 patients who underwent an Artiflex® lens implant for the correction of myopia from -4 to -14 D. Each patient included in this study had stable myopia for at least 2 years and a contraindication for corneal refractive surgery. The efficacy index was defined as the quotient between uncorrected distance visual acuity postoperative and best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA) preoperative. The safety index was calculated as the quotient between BCDVA postop and BCDVA preop. RESULTS: The average efficacy and safety indices of the lenses implanted were 1.1 (SD 0.30) and 1.06 (SD 0.2) at 10 years of follow-up. In this period of time there has been a loss of 12% of the corneal endothelial cells. The postoperative complications were pigment dispersion in four eyes (7%) of four patients and decentration of phakic intraocular lens in two eyes (4%) of another two patients. CONCLUSIONS: The Artiflex® foldable phakic lens could be a safe and effective long-term alternative for myopic patients in whom laser surgery was contraindicated.
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