A boon for ultra-high myopic eyes

  Several years ago I was informed of a new type of intraocular lens that can be implanted on the surface of the lens in patients with ultra-high myopia, which can help patients see the world clearly and solve the pain of living in a blurred world for a long time. It is a kind of minimally invasive and painless surgery, which only makes tiny incisions at the corneal edge of the eye, without destroying the surface tissue of the cornea and without changing the structure and shape of the eye tissue; since ICL is implanted inside the eye for a long time, no maintenance is needed; the implanted ICL will not bond with any tissue structure and will not move, so it is very safe. Patients with ultra-high myopia are generally defined as those with more than 900 degrees of myopia. It takes about 5 years for the top new technology to spread to our city’s tertiary hospitals. This is because physicians also have to accept new technology and new ideas, and the need of patients and their economic situation are important factors that limit the development and spread of new technology.  I think my strength is the IOL technology that I have studied for many years. I like to try new technologies once I know they are available, and whenever I can surpass myself, I feel a sense of pleasure and accomplishment. With these two forces driving me, I kept trying new technologies. For several months, I read ICL related materials and surgical videos and began to learn about this new technique for treating high myopia, attending meetings and trainings so that I could obtain surgical qualifications. In January 2013, I saw a patient with high myopia, so-and-so, male, 38 years old, with bare eye vision of 0.06 in the left eye, 1300 degrees of myopia, and the best corrected vision is 0.4. The patient was willing to accept the treatment after many communications and exchanges with the patient. I finally made up my mind after more than a month of repeated examinations and overcame the tremendous pressure and slight fear of the first surgery, and after sufficient preoperative preparation and communication with the patient, I performed IOL implantation in the left eye under local anesthesia on a certain day in March 2013. The patient’s vision reached 0.4 on the first day after surgery and 0.5 on the second day after surgery, the patient said that it was his dream to see the world clearly, and he was so happy that it finally came true today. The results of the long-term follow-up showed that IOL implantation for super high myopia was more effective than expected, which really excited me. I’ve been happy for this patient for the past two days, so I’m recording the whole process of this patient’s treatment to congratulate him!