TY - JOUR
T1 - Opacification of the Intraocular Lens After Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty
AU - Nieuwendaal, Carla P.
AU - van der Meulen, Ivanka J. E.
AU - Patryn, Eliza K.
AU - Werner, Liliana
AU - Mourits, Maarten P.
AU - Lapid-Gortzak, Ruth
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - To report the incidence of opacification of the intraocular lens (IOL) after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) in an academic ophthalmology clinic. In this retrospective case series, all patients who underwent DSEK between 2003 and 2013 were included. In 2008, the first patient presented with reduced vision as a result of opacification of the IOL in our clinic. The period between DSEK surgery and diagnosis of IOL opacification, Snellen corrected distance visual acuity before and after the appearance of IOL opacification, IOL specifications, and incidence of IOL exchange were assessed. A total of 160 eyes were operated on. Opacification was seen in 8 eyes (5%) and was diagnosed between 4 and 24 months after DSEK (mean, 9.6; SD, 6.3; range, 4-24 months). The mean Snellen corrected distance visual acuity was 0.6 (SD, 0.2; range, 0.2-0.8) before opacification and 0.3 (SD, 0.2; range, 0.02-0.6) after opacification of the IOL occurred. The IOL material was hydrophilic acrylic in all patients. In 4 eyes, IOL exchange was performed. Opacification of the IOL can be a vision-threatening late complication after DSEK and was seen in 8 of 160 eyes
AB - To report the incidence of opacification of the intraocular lens (IOL) after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) in an academic ophthalmology clinic. In this retrospective case series, all patients who underwent DSEK between 2003 and 2013 were included. In 2008, the first patient presented with reduced vision as a result of opacification of the IOL in our clinic. The period between DSEK surgery and diagnosis of IOL opacification, Snellen corrected distance visual acuity before and after the appearance of IOL opacification, IOL specifications, and incidence of IOL exchange were assessed. A total of 160 eyes were operated on. Opacification was seen in 8 eyes (5%) and was diagnosed between 4 and 24 months after DSEK (mean, 9.6; SD, 6.3; range, 4-24 months). The mean Snellen corrected distance visual acuity was 0.6 (SD, 0.2; range, 0.2-0.8) before opacification and 0.3 (SD, 0.2; range, 0.02-0.6) after opacification of the IOL occurred. The IOL material was hydrophilic acrylic in all patients. In 4 eyes, IOL exchange was performed. Opacification of the IOL can be a vision-threatening late complication after DSEK and was seen in 8 of 160 eyes
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0000000000000574
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0000000000000574
M3 - Article
C2 - 26312617
SN - 0277-3740
VL - 34
SP - 1375
EP - 1377
JO - Cornea
JF - Cornea
IS - 11
ER -