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The treatment of cataract in patients implanted with
posterior chamber phakic IOLs is not difficult. Explantation of
the ICL is easily performed through the same incision.
Phacoemulsification and posterior chamber IOL implantation
can be done in a routine fashion.
Patients who receive posterior chamber phakic IOLs are
more likely to develop glaucoma than those with anterior
chamber lens. Several mechanisms are available for increased
intraocular pressure in these patients. In general, phakic IOL
surgery leads to a slight and transient increase of the IOP
during the first months after surgery and then the IOP returns
to preoperative baseline.
Although endothelial cell loss is a major concern with
anterior chamber IOLs, it does not seem to represent such an
important problem with posterior chamber phakic IOLs.
The ICL proved to be comparable or, in some cases,
superior to the corneal refractive procedures.The ICL offers
the moderate to highly myopic patient a viable alternative to
corneal laser refractive surgery.
The implantable contact lens offers an alternative
approach to the management of pseudophakic anisometropia
that avoids some of the risks associated with IOL exchange
and corneal refractive surgery.