Partial Visual Rehabilitation Using a Toric Implantable Collamer Lens in a Patient with Keratoconus: A Case Report with 20 Months of Follow-up
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
;
: 211-214, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-150551
ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 37-year-old man with a high myopic keratoconus eye that was treated with a posterior chamber toric implantable collamer lens (ICL) in Korea. The patient had a history of contact lens intolerance and did not want to have a corneal transplantation. His uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best spectacle corrected visual acuity were 0.02 and 0.4 in the left eye, respectively. Preoperatively, the manifest refraction was -12.0 -3.5 x 30A. Postoperatively, the manifest refraction was -1.75 x 180A. UCVA improved markedly after implantation. No intraoperative or postoperative complications were observed during 20 months of follow-up. Toric ICL implantation may be a possible alternative surgical option for the visual rehabilitation of high myopic astigmatism in keratoconus patients with rigid gas permeable contact lens intolerance and in patients who do not want to get a corneal transplant.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Visual Acuity
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Follow-Up Studies
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Lens Implantation, Intraocular
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Phakic Intraocular Lenses
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Keratoconus
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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