The Visian Toric Implantable Collamer Lens (STAAR Surgical, Monrovia, Calif.), a premium type of phakic IOL, safely and effectively corrects high myopia and high astigmatism in Asian eyes, according to researchers in Hong Kong.
Forty-four eyes of 29 Asian patients with between -6.00 and -18.25 diopters (D) of myopia and -1.00 to -4.50 D of astigmatism [Read More …]
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Toric phakic IOL successfully corrects high myopia and high astigmatism in Asian eyes
December 23, 2009Visian phakic IOL found safe, effective for correction of moderate to high myopia
July 23, 2009Researchers in Japan have found the Visian Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL), a posterior chamber phakic IOL, is safe and effective for the correction of moderate and high myopia. The Visian ICL, like other phakic IOLs, is implanted inside the eye without removing the eye’s natural lens.