Editorial março 03, 2022 março 03, 2022

A (not so) new option for safely correct moderate myopia in patients with thin corneas

DOI: 10.37039/1982.8551.20220015

The recent rise in myopia called the “myopia boom” is a problem to be solved. It has been worsened by the amount of digital screen time during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. There is evidence of a strong association between measures of education and the prevalence of myopia. And the incidence of this condition tends to increase year by year, in the following years, if not decades.

Myopia classically has been corrected with glasses and contact lenses. Myopia correction can be achieved by several surgical procedures nowadays. However, high myopia limits the number of safe and effective surgical options. Phakic intraocular lenses (pIOL) have been proposed as the procedure of choice for higher myopic corrections. As phakic intraocular lenses implantation is an intraocular procedure, it may pose some risks, including cataract formation with even a small touch of the phakic lens during placement, endothelial cell loss, and long-term cataract formation caused by a progressive increase of the crystalline lens thickness, what would be a concern especially in young patients.

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