Skip to main content

Table 1 DMEK and Premium IOLs

From: Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty combined with presbyopia‐correcting and toric intraocular lenses – a narrative review

Article

IOL type

Corneal illness

N. eyes

Staging of cataract/ DMEK

IOL

Visual outcomes

Refractive outcomes

% eyes within target

Complications

Pereira [19]

MIOL

3 PBK, 3 FECD, 2 DM detachment, 2 TASS

9

1º cataract, 2º DMEK

IOLs were previously implanted by other surgeons

8 = AcrySof® ReSTOR® + 3.0 D

1 = AcrySof® ReSTOR® + 3.0 D Toric T5 IOL

CDVA

 > 20/20 = 25%

UDVA > 20/25 = 37.5%

Refractive shift*

2 =  + 0.625

1 = -0.25

1 = neutral

*Only possible to calculate in 4 eyes

N/A

2 re-bubbling, 2 CME, 2 capsulotomy, 2 LASIK enhancement

Nanavaty [16]

MIOL

FECD

2

1º cataract, 2º DMEK

PanOptix

UDVA 20/16

UNVA 20/20

N/A

N/A

No

Price [18]

EDoF (14) & MIOL (2)

FECD

16

1º DMEK, 2º cataract

Power calculation: PCI + US biometry + topography

Formula: Holladay II (compared with Barrett Universal II and the Hill radial basis function)

Mean CDVA = 20/20

Mean UCDA = 20/25

Mean SE

0.05D (range -0.75 to + 0.75D)

All eyes ended up 0.75 D of emmetropia

Capsulotomy, number not specified

Yokogawa [23]

TIOL

FECD

15

Triple

- Spherical power calculated with SRK/T with PCI + US biometry, then aimed spherical refractive target of -0.5/-1D

- Toric calculation: Alcon online toric calculator. Pentacam values used for simulated front keratometry. Target postop. astigmatism: 0

- IOL: AcrySof IQ toric

Mean CDVA = 20/24

UDVA = 53.6% > 20/25

Mean decrease in astigmatism 2.23 ± 1.10D to 0.87 ± 0.75D

Mean prediction error = 0.77 ± 0.54 D (range 0.10–1.77 D

WTR = 1.01 ± 0.57 D (range 0.21–1.77)

ATR = 0.44 ± 0.30 D (range 0.10–0.79)

1 eye 43 degrees rotation

Trindade [30]

TIOL

FECD

4

Triple

PCI

Barrett true-K formula

IOL: SN6ATx

Median UDVA = LogMAR (0.12 ± 0.04) UDVA = 100% > 20/30

Refractive astigmatism (centroid) 0.09 ± 0.53D

N/A

1 re-bubbling

Schoenberg [14]

TIOL

FECD

8

Triple

- Spherical power calculated with SRK/T with PCI + US biometry, then aimed for a spherical refractive target individualized to patient´s preferences plus -0.50D

- Toric calculation: Alcon online toric calculator. Pentacam values used for simulated front keratometry. Target postop. astigmatism: 0

- IOL: AcrySof IQ toric

Mean CDVA = 20/20

Mean UDVA = 20/30

Refractive astigmatism 0.94 ± 0.90D

N/A

1 eye no improvement in refractive astigmatism

  1. IOL Intraocular Lens, MIOL Multifocal Intraocular Lens, EDoF Extended-depth of Focus Intraocular Lens, TIOL Toric Intraocular Lens, PBK Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy, FECD Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy, DM Descemet Membrane, TASS Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome, DMEK Descemet´s Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty, PCI Partial coherence interferometry, CDVA Corrected-distance visual acuity, UDVA Uncorrected-distance visual acuity, UNVA Uncorrected-near visual acuity, SE Spherical Equivalent, WTR astigmatism With-the-rule-astigmatism