Fifteen-Year Follow-up After Anterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation in One and LASIK in the Fellow Eye

Abstract

Purpose: To report a patient fifteen years after anterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (AC-PIOL) implantation in one and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in the fellow eye.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 56-year-old male underwent AC-PIOL implantation in one eye and LASIK in the fellow eye fifteen years ago. Preoperative uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was finger count in both eyes. Preoperative best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) was 20/25 (−16.75 −0.50 × 40) in the LASIK eye and 20/32 (−24.50 −0.50 × 90) in the AC-PIOL eye. Fifteen years postoperatively, UCVA was finger count in the LASIK eye and 20/200 in the AC-PIOL eye, while BSCVA was 20/32 and 20/25, respectively. Endothelial cell density (ECD) was 2020±47 in the LASIK eye and 945±22 in the AC-PIOL eye.

Conclusion: Both procedures had similar visual outcomes. Furthermore, lower ECD was found in the AC-PIOL eye in comparison to the LASIK eye.

KEYWORDS::

• anterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (AC-PIOL)
• LASIK
• endothelial cell density (ECD)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Declaration of interest: The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in any materials or methods described herein.