Changes in Accommodative and Binocular Function following Phakic Intraocular Lens for High and Low-to-Moderate Myopia

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settingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle Changes in Accommodative and Binocular Function following Phakic Intraocular Lens for High and Low-to-Moderate Myopia by Esther López-Artero 1ORCID,Francisco Poyales 1,Nuria Garzón 1,2ORCID,Alicia Matamoros 1,Alba Sáez 1,Ying Zhou 3ORCID andMaría García-Montero 1,2,* 1 Miranza Group, C/Galileo 104, 28003 Madrid, Spain 2 Optometry and Vision Department, Faculty of Optics and Optometry, Complutense University of Madrid, 28037 Madrid, Spain 3 OCULUS Iberia, S.L., Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(11), 6716; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116716 Received: 27 April 2022 / Revised: 27 May 2022 / Accepted: 28 May 2022 / Published: 31 May 2022 Download Versions Notes Abstract The aim was to evaluate accommodative and binocular function of phakic intraocular lens implantable collamer lens (ICL) in high and low-to-moderate myopia. Prospective comparative cohort study with 38 myopic patients who underwent ICL implantation were divided into two groups of 19 patients, each one based on the spherical equivalent (SE): high-power (SE ≤ −6 D) and low-to-moderate (SE > −6 D). The push-up amplitude of accommodation (AA), monocular accommodative facility (MAF), distance and near ocular deviation, near convergence amplitude, near point convergence (NPC), stereopsis, and accommodative convergence/accommodation (AC/A) ratio were assessed before surgery and 1 week and 1 month postoperatively. The mean residual refractive error at 1 month after surgery improved in both groups, 0.18 ± 0.34 D and 0.09 ± 0.26 D, respectively (p < 0.001). There was a significant decrease in AA in both groups between preoperatively and at 1-week (p = 0.001; p = 0.008, respectively) and 1-month follow-up (p = 0.001; p = 0.008). For the rest of the binocular measurements, no statistically significant postoperative changes were found in any group. This finding suggests follow-up studies on amplitude of accommodation in phakic intraocular lens ICL implantation.