Short-sighted ICL surgery results, distance

Here, we take a look at our ICL surgery results for short-sightedness in more detail.

The results are based on an analysis of 157 consecutive procedures, all performed here at London Vision Clinic by our team of expert refractive eye surgeons.

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Professor Reinstein’s results for very high myopia and extreme myopia up to -18D including astigmatism up to 6.5DC can be summarised as follows:

• More patients saw 20/20 after ICL surgery without glasses than were able to see 20/20 before surgery with glasses.
• Over 40% of these extremely short-sighted eyes are seeing better without glasses than before surgery with glasses.
• Overall 97% of ICL patients treated for extremely high myopia see within 1 chart line of their pre-op best spectacle-corrected vision.
• In safety terms, no eye lost 2 chart lines of the best spectacle-corrected vision. The 95% confidence interval for this statistic is between 0.0% and 0.023% (or 1 in 4,000).
• In accuracy terms, the refractive correction for these extremely short-sighted eyes was within 0.50 D of the target in 75% of eyes and within 1.00D in 96%.
• The refraction was stable over the 1 year follow-up period after surgery.
• The correction of astigmatism was extremely accurate for corrections up to 6.50 DC.