Prevalence of cataract after collagen copolymer phakic intraocular lens implantation for myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.

PURPOSE

To evaluate the prevalence of cataract after Implantable Collamer Lens phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation with different models at different ages and for different refractive powers.

SETTING

Fernández-Vega Ophthalmological Institute, Oviedo, Spain.

DESIGN

Retrospective nonrandomized clinical study.

METHODS

The pIOL (models V4, V4b, or V4c) was implanted in all cases.

RESULTS

The study included 3420 eyes (1898 patients). The mean patient age at surgery was 31.2 years ± 6.4 (SD) (range 18 to 50 years) and the mean spherical refractive error, -7.27 ± 5.24 diopters (D) (range -26.5 to 12.5 D). Twenty-one eyes (0.61%) of 15 patients had pIOL explantation (all model V4) because cataract developed. The mean age of the patients who had explantation was 39.43 ± 4.57 years; 7 were younger than 40 years, and 8 were 40 years or older. The mean spherical equivalent was -10.1 ± 5.41 D; 3 eyes had a pIOL power less than -10.50 D, 4 eyes between -10.50 D and -13.50 D, and 14 higher than -13.50 D. The mean time between pIOL implantation and cataract surgery was 4.2 ± 1.8 years. No eye with implantation of the latest models (V4b and V4c) developed cataract. The mean vault distance in eyes that developed cataracts was 103 ± 69 μm.

CONCLUSIONS

The incidence of cataract was low after pIOL implantation at the 6-year follow-up. The rate of cataract was higher in older patients and in those with high refractive errors.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.