| Abstract: | Purpose: To report a patient fifteen years after anterior chamber phakic intraocular lens (AC-PIOL) implantation in one and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in the fellow eye.Methods: Case report.Results: A 56-year-old male underwent AC-PIOL implantation in one eye and LASIK in the fellow eye fifteen years ago. Preoperative uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was finger count in both eyes. Preoperative best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) was 20/25 (?16.75 ?0.50?×?40) in the LASIK eye and 20/32 (?24.50 ?0.50?×?90) in the AC-PIOL eye. Fifteen years postoperatively, UCVA was finger count in the LASIK eye and 20/200 in the AC-PIOL eye, while BSCVA was 20/32 and 20/25, respectively. Endothelial cell density (ECD) was 2020±47 in the LASIK eye and 945±22 in the AC-PIOL eye.Conclusion: Both procedures had similar visual outcomes. Furthermore, lower ECD was found in the AC-PIOL eye in comparison to the LASIK eye. |
