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Table 2 Summary of previous case reports of dilated pupils after phakic intraocular lens implantation

From: Unilateral Urrets-Zavalia syndrome after Implantable Collamer Lens implantation: a case report and review of the literature

Author, year

Type of phakic IOL

Preexisting corneal disease

Increase in IOP

Cause of elevated IOP

Time when dilated pupil was detected

Characteristic of dilated pupil

Outcome at

final follow-up

Treatment

At immediate postoperative period

at postoperative day 1

Reactivity to light at early postoperative period

Reactivity to pilocarpine

Anterior chamber phakic IOL implantation

Yuzbasioglu et al. 2006 [11]

Iris-claw IOL

None

N/A

60 mmHg

N/A

1 day after surgery

No

No

Irreversible after postoperative 6 months

N/A

Park et al. 2008 [12]

Iris-claw IOL

None

N/A

No

N/A

2 weeks after surgery*

No

No

Irreversible after postoperative 2 months

N/A

Posterior chamber phakic IOL implantation

Kummelil et al. 2011 [13]

ICL (STAAR Surgical, Nidau, Switzerland)

None

N/A

48 mmHg

Viscoelastic retention**

1 day after surgery

N/A

No

Irreversible after postoperative 3 months

Conservative

Perez-Cambrodi et al. 2014 [14]

Phakic refractive lens (PRL)

(Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany)

None

N/A

65 mmHg

Viscoelastic retention

1 day after surgery

Slightly reactive to light

No

Irreversible after postoperative 3 years

Tinted CL

Habash et al. 2015 [15]

ICL (STAAR Surgical, Nidau, Switzerland)

None

N/A

52 mmHg

N/A

1 day after surgery

No

No

Irreversible after postoperative 3 years

N/A

Al-Thomali et al. 2016 [16]

Toric ICL (STAAR Surgical, Nidau, Switzerland)

Nonprogressive keratoconus

1 hour after surgery:

OD 26 mmHg

OS 28 mmHg

IOP returned to normal at postoperative day 1

N/A

1 day after surgery

Yes

Yes

Partially reverse after postoperative 2 months

N/A

Our case

Toric ICL (STAAR Surgical, Nidau, Switzerland)

None

1 hour after surgery:

OD 48 mmHg

IOP returned to normal at postoperative day 1

Viscoelastic retention

1 day after surgery

Yes

Yes

Partially reverse after postoperative 3 months

Conservative

  1. CL, contact lens; ICL, implantable collamer lens; IOL, intraocular lens; IOP, intraocular pressure; N/A, not applicable
  2. *Report of normal size pupil at postoperative day 1 and week 1
  3. **The patient also had severe anterior uveitis in the early postoperative period