Endophthalmitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa after phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation to correct high myopia

Editor, In 1993, Staar Surgical AG introduced a modified phakic posterior chamber intraocular lens (PPC IOL), the implantable contact lens (ICL), for the correction of high myopia. The concept of PPC IOL suggests advantages over previous surgical methods used to correct moderate to high myopia. Refractive corrections up to −21 diopters (D) are possible, accommodation is preserved, and implantation is safe and potentially reversible (Lackner et...