Visual and aberrometric outcomes in eyes with an angle-supported phakic intraocular lens.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the postoperative changes in spherical aberration and the point-spread function (PSF) induced by the implantation of a new angle-supported phakic intraocular lens (pIOL).

SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, St. Bassiano Hospital, Bassano del Grappa, Italy.

DESIGN: Prospective nonrandomized cohort study.

METHODS: Eyes with high myopia had implantation of an Acrysof Cachet angle-supported pIOL. Preoperative and postoperative total spherical aberration and PSF were measured using a Luneau 80 Wave+ wavefront aberrometer (high-resolution Hartmann-Shack technology) at a fixed entrance pupil scan size of 5.0 mm under pharmacologic mydriasis. Preoperative and postoperative data were analyzed and compared using the Student t test.

RESULTS: Thirty-five eyes of 18 patients were included in the statistical analysis. The Student t test for paired data (95% confidence interval) showed a statistically significant difference between preoperative data and postoperative data. The mean preoperative total spherical aberration Z(4,0) was -0.001 μm ± 0.076 (SD) preoperatively and -0.13 ± 0.11 μm postoperatively (P≤.05). The mean PSF was 0.28 ± 0.15 preoperatively and 0.34 ± 0.16 postoperatively (P<.05).

CONCLUSION: Implantation of the angle-supported pIOL in eyes with high myopia improved the quality of vision, inducing negative spherical aberration and increasing the PSF under mesopic conditions.