Refractive and visual outcomes and rotational stability of toric intraocular lenses in eyes with and without previous ocular surgeries: A longitudinal study

Osama M. Mustafa, Christina Prescott, Fares Alsaleh, Daliya Dzhaber, Yassine J. Daoud

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Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate visual and refractive outcomes and rotational stability of toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in eyes with previous ocular surgeries. Methods: This controlled, longitudinal cohort study included a total of 133 eyes (59 study cases with a history of corneal, vitreoretinal, and/or glaucoma surgery and 74 randomly selected controls without a history of ocular surgery) that had cataract and corneal astigmatism treated with toric IOL implantation. Postoperative outcomes were recorded at postoperative 1 month and 3 to 12 months. Results: Refractive prediction errors were within ±1.00 diopter (D) of target in 93.5% and 88.4% of the study cases at postoperative 1 month and 3 to 12 months, respectively. They were within ±0.50 D of target in 56.5% and 60.5% of the cases during the same follow-up intervals, respectively. Study cases showed statistically significantly inferior uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) compared to controls at 1 month postoperatively (0.27 ± 0.24 and 0.17 ± 0.21 logMAR, respectively, P = .027) but not during the later follow-up (0.19 ± 0.19 and 0.16 ± 0.19 logMAR, respectively, P = .431). Corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) was slightly lower in the study cases than in controls at 1 month postoperatively (0.13 ± 0.16 and 0.07 ± 0.14, respectively, P = .005) and subsequent follow-up months (0.10 ± 0.13 and 0.03 ± 0.10, respectively, P < .001). Of the examined study cases, 93.9% and 88.4% had IOL axes within 5° of intended axis at postoperative 1 month and 3 to 12 months, respectively. Conclusions: Toric IOLs provided significant and sustained improvement in visual acuity and refraction in eyes with a history of prior ophthalmic surgery. Refractive outcomes achieved postoperatively were comparable to those in eyes without a prior history of ophthalmic surgery, although the rate of visual recovery may be different.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)781-788
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Refractive Surgery
Volume35
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Ophthalmology

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