Clinical Ophthalmology (Apr 2023)

Visual Acuity Improvement in Low, Moderate and High Myopia After Posterior-Chamber Phakic Implantable Collamer Lens Surgery in a Large Patient Cohort

  • Zaldivar R,
  • Zaldivar R,
  • Gordillo CH,
  • Adamek P

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 17
pp. 1179 – 1185

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Roger Zaldivar, Roberto Zaldivar, Carlos H Gordillo, Pablo Adamek Surgery Department, Instituto Zaldivar, Mendoza, ArgentinaCorrespondence: Roger Zaldivar, Instituto Zaldivar, Av. Emilio Civit 701, Mendoza, Argentina, Email [email protected]: To compare best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) before and after implantable collamer lens (ICL) surgery in patients with low, moderate and high myopia.Methods: A single-centre, prospective, registry-based study involving patients with myopia who received ICLs between October 2018 and August 2020. The study population was divided into three groups of subjects with low (from 0 to − 6 D), moderate (− 6 to − 10 D) and high myopia (more than − 10 D). We analysed uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), spherical equivalent (SE), differences between BCVA pre- and 1-month postoperative, and line gain in BCVA 1 month after surgery.Results: A total of 770 eyes belonging to 473 patients were surgically intervened during the study period, of which 692 eyes completed 1 month of postoperative follow-up and were included in the study population. At 1-month follow-up, 478 eyes (69%) achieved a BCVA of 20/20, 599 (87%) obtained 20/25 or better, and 663 (96%) had a BCVA of 20/40 or better. We identified a significant improvement in BCVA (baseline 0.15± 0.2 logMAR vs follow-up 0.07± 0.2 logMAR, p< 0.0001) and a significant reduction in SE (baseline − 9.23± 4.1 D, vs follow-up − 0.21± 0.8 D, p< 0.0001), with a significant relationship between preoperative SE and line gain (r = − 0.46, p< 0.0001). We identified a significantly higher line gain among eyes with higher degrees of myopia (low myopia 0.22± 0.69 lines compared to moderate myopia 0.56± 1.1 lines and high myopia 1.51± 1.9 lines, p< 0.0001). Notably, 99.6% of eyes with a high grade of myopia achieved improvement to a low degree (less than − 6 D) at follow-up. The safety and efficacy indexes were 0.083± 0.1 and − 0.001± 0.1, respectively.Conclusion: In this large patient cohort, ICL surgery was related to a significant line gain in BCVA, particularly among eyes with higher degrees of myopia.Keywords: myopia, implantable collamer lens, visual acuity, phakic intraocular lens, refractive surgery

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