The Benefits of One Day, One Eye Surgery in Bilateral ICL Implantation.

Kim, Wook Kyum; Cho, Eun Young; Kim, Hee Sun; Kim, Deok Su; Kim, Jin Kuk

doi:2013.54.7.1019

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 54(7); 2013 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2013;54(7):1019-1024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2013.54.7.1019 Published online July 15, 2013.

The Benefits of One Day, One Eye Surgery in Bilateral ICL Implantation.

Wook Kyum Kim, Eun Young Cho, Hee Sun Kim, Deok Su Kim, Jin Kuk Kim

B&VIIT Eye Center, Seoul, Korea. bestjinkuk@bseye.com

양안 ICL삽입술을 단안씩 다른 날 수술하는 방법의 유용성

김욱겸⋅조은영⋅김희선⋅김덕수⋅김진국

B&VIIT Eye Center, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the benefits of one day, one eye ICL implantation which allows the ICL size of the later-operated eye to be adjusted after evaluating the postoperative vault of the first-operated eye in order to reduce the postoperative ICL size exchange rates of both eyes. METHODS: A total of 426 eyes of 213 patients who received one day, one eye bilateral ICL implantation were included in the present study. The cases where a different ICL size was implanted in the later-operated eye because of high or low postoperative vault of the first-operated eye were analyzed as well as the ICL exchange rates. RESULTS: Among 213 patients, same size ICLs were implanted in both eyes in 188 patients (88%) as planned. However, a different ICL size was implanted in the later-operated eye in 25 patients (12%). Eight eyes of 8 patients out of 25 patients needed their ICL size exchanged during the follow-up period and all 8 eyes were first-operated eyes. This occurred in 8 patients (3.8%) out of 213 patients. CONCLUSIONS: One day, one eye ICL implantation, which can help the size adjustment of the later-operated eye according to the postoperative 1 day vault of the first-operated eye, can reduce the risk of bilateral ICL size exchange operation.

Key Words: Exchange;Implantable collamer lens;Phakic intraocular lens;Vault