Abstract
We present the case of a 27-year-old man with severe pain, loss of visual acuity, corneal edema, and high intraocular pressure (IOP) in 1 eye after bilateral Acrysof Cachet phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation. Slitlamp examination was limited due to severe corneal edema, but anterior segment optical coherence tomography indicated upside-down implantation of the pIOL. The pIOL was explanted, which confirmed that the haptic indicator had been implanted counterclockwise. Postoperative treatment included antiinflammatory and antiglaucoma topical therapy. Follow-up monitoring showed decreasing corneal edema and normalized IOP. At 6 weeks, the corrected distance visual acuity was +0.1 logMAR, the IOP was within normal limits, and the cornea showed no signs of edema, but there was endothelial cell density loss. This case presents the preoperative and postoperative management of high IOP after pIOL implantation and illustrates the pitfalls of incorrect implantation of angle-supported anterior chamber IOLs with haptic angulation.
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