Birgit Lackner, Stefan Pieh, Gerald Schmidinger, Christian Simader, Carmen Franz, Irene Dejaco-Ruhswurm, Christian Skorpik
PURPOSE: To study the incidence and progression of lens opacification after implantation of phakic posterior chamber intraocular lenses for myopia and its correlation with vaulting and endothelial cell density (ECD). SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria. METHODS: An implantable contact lens (ICL V4, Staar Surgical Inc.) was inserted in 76 myopic eyes. Patients were prospectively followed preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months...
November 2004: Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery