TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel intraocular lens designed for sutureless scleral fixation
T2 - surgical series
AU - Rossi, Tommaso
AU - Iannetta, Danilo
AU - Romano, Vito
AU - Carlevale, Carlo
AU - Forlini, Matteo
AU - Telani, Serena
AU - Imburgia, Aurelio
AU - Mularoni, Alessandro
AU - Fontana, Luigi
AU - Ripandelli, Guido
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Fondazione Roma for support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Purpose: To report a retrospective series of patients implanted with a novel hydrophilic acrylic single-piece intraocular lens (IOL) designed for sutureless scleral fixation (FIL-SSF Carlevale lens, Soleko, Italy) injectable through a 2.2-mm incision. Methods: Seventy-eight patients with minimum 6-month follow-up were divided into 6 groups: dropped nucleus, luxated IOL, trauma, aphakia, IOL exchange, and Marfan’s syndrome. Surgery included peritomy and scleral flap creation at 3 and 9 o’clock position. The IOL was then injected and grasped with 25G forceps through a hole created 2 mm posterior to the limbus underneath the sculped scleral flap. Results: The study included 78 patients (mean age 71.9 ± 12.6 years) and average follow-up 10.2 ± 4.2 months. Average surgery duration was 69.4 ± 26.1 min and vision significantly improved from 0.86 ± 0.56 logMAR to 0.38 ± 0.42 logMAR at 6 months post-operative (p < 0.001). Intraoperative complications included corneal edema, retinal tears, and vitreous bleeding each in 2/78 patients (2.5%); 1/78 (1.3%) localized retinal detachment and 1/78 (1.3%) rupture of one T-shaped IOL harpoon. Post-operative complications included 4/78 (5.1%) cystoid macular edemas, 2/78 retinal tears, 2/78 retinal detachments, 2/78 developed ocular hypertension, and 1/78 corneal decompensation requiring DSAEK. Conclusion: The Carlevale lens is designed for sutureless intrascleral fixation and can be successfully used in a variety of indications including difficult trauma cases with good rehabilitation. An implant requires experience and delicate manipulation.
AB - Purpose: To report a retrospective series of patients implanted with a novel hydrophilic acrylic single-piece intraocular lens (IOL) designed for sutureless scleral fixation (FIL-SSF Carlevale lens, Soleko, Italy) injectable through a 2.2-mm incision. Methods: Seventy-eight patients with minimum 6-month follow-up were divided into 6 groups: dropped nucleus, luxated IOL, trauma, aphakia, IOL exchange, and Marfan’s syndrome. Surgery included peritomy and scleral flap creation at 3 and 9 o’clock position. The IOL was then injected and grasped with 25G forceps through a hole created 2 mm posterior to the limbus underneath the sculped scleral flap. Results: The study included 78 patients (mean age 71.9 ± 12.6 years) and average follow-up 10.2 ± 4.2 months. Average surgery duration was 69.4 ± 26.1 min and vision significantly improved from 0.86 ± 0.56 logMAR to 0.38 ± 0.42 logMAR at 6 months post-operative (p < 0.001). Intraoperative complications included corneal edema, retinal tears, and vitreous bleeding each in 2/78 patients (2.5%); 1/78 (1.3%) localized retinal detachment and 1/78 (1.3%) rupture of one T-shaped IOL harpoon. Post-operative complications included 4/78 (5.1%) cystoid macular edemas, 2/78 retinal tears, 2/78 retinal detachments, 2/78 developed ocular hypertension, and 1/78 corneal decompensation requiring DSAEK. Conclusion: The Carlevale lens is designed for sutureless intrascleral fixation and can be successfully used in a variety of indications including difficult trauma cases with good rehabilitation. An implant requires experience and delicate manipulation.
KW - Aphakia
KW - Intraocular lens
KW - Pars plana vitrectomy
KW - Scleral fixation
KW - Sutureless intraocular lens
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U2 - 10.1007/s00417-020-04789-3
DO - 10.1007/s00417-020-04789-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 32529278
AN - SCOPUS:85086388516
VL - 259
SP - 257
EP - 262
JO - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
JF - Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
SN - 0721-832X
IS - 1
ER -