Purpose: To evaluate the misalignment of a new single-piece microincisional hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) in emmetropic, myopic and hyperopic eyes within the first 3 months after surgery. Setting: Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery, Karl Landsteiner Institute, Hanusch Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Vienna, Austria. Methods: Patients with age-related cataract were included in this prospective study. Each patient received a single-piece microincisional hydrophobic acrylic IOL (AF-1 NY-60, Hoya) in the study eye. Subgroups of emmetropic, myopic and hyperopic eyes were defined according to IOL power calculation. Anterior chamber depth (ACD) measurements were performed with an AC-Master. Tilt and decentration of the IOL were measured with a Purkinje meter. Follow-up assessments were performed 1 h, 3 weeks and 3 months after surgery. Results: Forty-two eyes of 42 patients (21 emmetropic, 10 myopic and 11 hyperopic eyes) were included. The mean ACD 1 h, 3 weeks and 3 months after surgery was 4.597 ± 0.533, 4.483 ± 0.347 and 4.438 ± 0.398 mm, respectively. Differences in ACD between follow-ups and between subgroups were not statistically significant (both p > 0.05). On average, 3 months after surgery IOLs were tilted 0.81 ± 2.86° nasally and 0.70 ± 3.13° inferiorly and decentered 0.06 ± 0.24 mm nasally and 0.15 ± 0.29 mm superiorly. Differences in tilt and decentration were not statistically significant (both p > 0.05). We observed 1 case of severe capsular fibrosis. Conclusions: The single-piece microincisional hydrophobic acrylic IOL showed good axial stability and only little, clinically not relevant tilt and decentration in the first 3 months after surgery.

Keywords:
Cataract surgery, Intraocular lens, Single-piece intraocular lens, Intraocular lens stability, Anterior chamber depth, Tilt, Decentration, AC-Master, Purkinje meter
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