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July 2018
Volume 59, Issue 9
Open Access
ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   July 2018
Long-term changes in ocular axial length in adult myopes and hypermetropes after Artisan implantation
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Zoraida Solaiga Gaurisankar
    Ophthalmology, Leiden university medical center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • Gwyneth Annemarie Rijn
    Ophthalmology, Leiden university medical center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • Simona Veselinovic
    Ophthalmology, Leiden university medical center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • Jan-Willem Beenakker
    Ophthalmology, Leiden university medical center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • Gregorius P M Luyten
    Ophthalmology, Leiden university medical center, Leiden, Netherlands
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    Commercial Relationships   Zoraida Gaurisankar, None; Gwyneth Rijn, None; Simona Veselinovic, None; Jan-Willem Beenakker, None; Gregorius Luyten, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science July 2018, Vol.59, 2135. doi:
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      Zoraida Solaiga Gaurisankar, Gwyneth Annemarie Rijn, Simona Veselinovic, Jan-Willem Beenakker, Gregorius P M Luyten; Long-term changes in ocular axial length in adult myopes and hypermetropes after Artisan implantation. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2018;59(9):2135.

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Abstract

Purpose : To examine the long-term changes of axial length in adults with an Artisan phakic intraocular lens for myopia and hyperopia using a longitudinal study design.

Methods : Axial length is measured twice over time in 277 myopic (age 37.8 ± 10.3 years) and 50 hypermetropic eyes (age 41.0 ± 9.3 years). The difference in the two measurements is analyzed and plotted against time between the measurements. The preoperative spherical refraction ranged between -28.00 to +10.75 diopters.

Results : Mean time interval between the two axial length measurements was 130 ± 42 months for myopic eyes and 138 ± 37 months for hypermetropic eyes. Myopic axial length significantly increases over time with 0.036 mm per year (p <0.001). Hyperopic axial length does not change significantly over time.

Conclusions : Axial length in myopic adults after Artisan implantation increases over time with myopisation of ± 1 diopter after 10 years. The axial length in hypermetropic adults does not change over time.

This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2018 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 29 - May 3, 2018.

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