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Postoperative inflammation after implantation of the implantable contact lens
Purpose:
To evaluate postoperative inflammation after implantation of the implantable contact lens (ICL) to treat moderate to high myopia.
Design:
Noncomparative, prospective case series.
Participants:
Five hundred twenty-five eyes of 293 patients with between 3 and 20 diopters of myopia participating in the United States Food and Drug Administration clinical trial of the ICL for myopia.
Intervention:
Implantation of the ICL.
Main Outcome Measures:
Clinical assessments of anterior chamber flare and cellular reaction for up to 3 years after surgery and laser flare-cell meter measurements for up to 2 years after surgery.
Results:
Clinical flare and cellular reaction was reported as absent in 99.6% to 100% of cases and in no case demonstrated more than trace reaction at all postoperative visits 1 month or more after surgery. In a small subset of the study participants who were tested with the laser flare and cell meter, measurements taken between 3 months and 3 years after surgery were within the normal range.
Conclusions:
The implantation of the ICL does not cause a long-term (2-3 years) inflammatory response within the eye.
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