Clinical Results of Implantation of Hydrophilic Acrylic Intraocular Lenses.

Ji, Yong Sok; Lee, Kwang Hoon; Park, Yeoung Geol; Yoon, Kyung Chul

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2006;47(7):1065-1071.
Published online July 31, 2006.

Clinical Results of Implantation of Hydrophilic Acrylic Intraocular Lenses.

Yong Sok Ji, Kwang Hoon Lee, Yeoung Geol Park, Kyung Chul Yoon

Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. kcyoon@chonnam.ac.kr

친수성 아크릴릭 인공수정체 삽입술의 임상적 고찰

지영석,이광훈,박영걸,윤경철

Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, Korea

Correspondence: Yong Sok Ji, M.D.

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the clinical results of Akreos(R) hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) implantation compared with implantation of Acrysof(R) hydrophobic acrylic IOL. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed each fifty eyes in 50 patients who had undergone phacoemulsification and implantation of Akreos(R) and Acrysof(R) IOLs, with a minimum follow-up period of one year. RESULTS: Final visual acuity better than 0.5 and 0.8 was 70% and 27% in the Akreos(R) implanted group, and 82% and 46% in the Acrysof(R) group. Predictability less than 1.0D was seen in 23 eyes (46%) in the Akreos(R) group. This is a significantly low percentage compared with that seen in 43 eyes (86%) in the Acrysof(R) group. The final spherical equivalent of -0.93+/-0.92D in the Akreos(R) group represented statistically significant myopic refractive error compared with -0.49+/-0.82D in the Acrysof(R) group. CONCLUSIONS: It is necessary to consider the myopic refractive error toDetermine the proper target refraction for the implantation of Akreos(R) IOL.

Key Words: Hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens;Target refraction