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Rami A Al-Dwairi,1 Wisam A Shihadeh,1 Asem A Alqudah,1 Noor M Alqudah,1 Mohammed Msallam,2 Firas Alrazem,1 Sarah Alshamarti,1 Zaki Shannak,1 Mohammad Abueid,1 Abdelwahab Aleshawi1 1Department of Special Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan; 2Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, 22110, JordanCorrespondence: Rami A Al-Dwairi; Abdelwahab Aleshawi, Department of Special Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan, Tel +962795355056 ; +962799273019, Fax +962 2 7201064, Email ramialdwairi@yahoo.com; abdelwahhabjamal@yahoo.comObjective: The management of ocular complications of Marfan’s syndrome, especially ectopia lentis, is challenging. In this study, we present the effectiveness and the safety of iris-claw intraocular lens (IOL) implantation along with lensectomy for those patients. Also, we compare the practice of implanting these IOLs either in the anterior chamber of retropupillary.Methods: Retrospectively, we included all patients with Marfan’s syndrome who underwent lensectomy with iris-claw IOL implantation as a result of ectopia lentis. The patients were categorized into two groups: anterior chamber iris claw IOL and retropupillary iris-claw IOL. The clinical and demographic data, the visual outcome and postoperative complications were compared.Results: Eighteen eyes of 10 patients were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 19.1 years. Six patients were males. The iris-claw IOL was implanted anteriorly in 13 eyes. The visual outcome was comparable between both groups and most patients achieved improvement in the visual acuity. In addition, the postoperative complications developed similarly in both groups. However, all cases of IOL disenclavation (6 cases) developed in the anterior group. It is revealed that the age of the patient was the most significant factor affecting the occurrence of IOL disenclavation.Conclusion: Iris-claw IOL (either anteriorly or retropupillary) is an effective and relatively safe method in treating ectopia lentis in patients with Marfan’s syndrome. In younger patients, anterior iris-claw IOL is safer than retropupillary iris-claw IOL as the risk of disenclavation is higher in younger patients.Keywords: Marfan’s syndrome, Artisan, retropupillary, ectopia lentis |
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