A large multicenter retrospective study showed that bilensectomy — phacoemulsification with lens implantation following the explant of a phakic IOL — has good results with a low rate of complications.
The causes of explantation and their prevalence with different types of phakic implants were also investigated.
“Phakic IOLs nowadays are safe because we know how to select patients better, because some lenses have been withdrawn from the market, and because surgical techniques and indications have been refined. We also have imaging modalities like OCT to guide us in our selection,”