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Factors affecting vaulting after implantable collamer lens implantation
Kazutaka Kamiya1, Kimiya Shimizu, Mari Komatsu
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kitasato School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. kamiyak-tky@umin.ac.jp
Purpose:
To evaluate the vaulting of the STAAR Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) over the crystalline lens after implantation.
Methods:
One hundred twenty-three eyes of 68 patients with myopic refractive errors of -3.25 to -22.75 diopters undergoing ICL implantation were examined retrospectively. The magnitude of the central vaulting of the ICL was assessed quantitatively using slit-lamp microscopy at 3 months after surgery. Multiple regression analysis was used to assess the factors affecting the amount of vaulting.
Results:
The mean central vaulting 3 months after surgery was 603.6 +/- 259.6 microm. Explanatory variables relevant to the vaulting were, in order of influence, the horizontal white-to-white distance (partial regression coefficient B = 0.268, P = .0002) and patient age (B = -0.007, P = .011).
Conclusions:
Although the majority of the variance remains unexplained, younger patients' eyes and eyes with greater white-to-white distances are more predisposed to have higher ICL vaulting over the crystalline lens.
