Piggyback posterior chamber multifocal intraocular lenses in anisometropia

J Cataract Refract Surg. 1999 Dec;25(12):1682-4. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(99)00271-0.

Abstract

A 63-year-old white man with anisometropic hyperopia presented with cataract in both eyes. He had uneventful temporal limbal phacoemulsification with intracapsular placement of a multifocal 3-piece silicone intraocular lens (IOL) in his right eye (model SA-40N, Allergan, Inc.). One week later, 2 intracapsular 3-piece silicone IOLs (1 monofocal backward, Allergan model SI-40NB; 1 multifocal in front, Allergan model SA-40N) were implanted in his left eye. At 8 days postoperatively, uncorrected visual acuity was 20/20 for distance and J1 for near vision in the right eye and 20/30 and J2, respectively, in the left. These values remained constant until the patient was seen 7 months postoperatively. Power calculation and insertion order of the piggyback IOLs were considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anisometropia / complications
  • Anisometropia / surgery*
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Cataract / complications
  • Humans
  • Hyperopia / complications
  • Hyperopia / surgery
  • Lens Implantation, Intraocular*
  • Lenses, Intraocular*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Phacoemulsification
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Refraction, Ocular
  • Silicone Elastomers
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Silicone Elastomers