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Piggyback Intraocular Lens

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Synonyms

Add-on intraocular lens; Piggyback; Piggyback intraocular lens; Supplementary pseudophakic IOL

Definition

Implantation of two or more intraocular lenses (IOLs) into the posterior chamber of the same eye.

Epidemiology

Due to its spectrum of indications for piggyback IOL implantation, this type of refractive surgery is performed infrequently.

History

Piggyback IOL implantation was first reported by J. Gayton in 1993. He implanted a pair of plano/convex PMMA IOLs with the plano surfaces opposed in a capsular bag/sulcus configuration in an eye with microphthalmos (Gayton and Sanders 1993). J. P. Gills was the next surgeon to perform piggyback implantation, reporting a series of eyes in which he implanted multiple PMMA IOLs in the capsular bag. In 1995, J. P. Gills showed surgical videos in which he implanted up to four IOLs into the same capsular bag in an effort to enhance depth of field. Application of foldable IOLs to piggyback implantation finally led to a marked increase of...

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  • Baumeister M, Kohnen T (2006) Scheimpflug measurement of IOL position after piggyback implantation of foldable intraocular lenses in eyes with high hyperopia. J Cataract Refract Surg 32:2098–2104

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, 80336, Munich, Germany

    Daniel Kook

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Mehdi Shajari & Thomas Kohnen

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  1. Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Medical University of Wien Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Wien, Austria

    Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Department of Ophthalmology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Kook, D., Shajari, M., Kohnen, T. (2015). Piggyback Intraocular Lens. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_491-2

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