Adjusting intraocular lens power for sulcus fixation

To determine the appropriate correction of predicted intraocular lens (IOL) power for sulcus fixation and to prospectively assess the validity of the obtained correction value in patients having sulcus fixation. Department of Ophthalmology, Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital, Saitama, Japan. The postoperative refraction, virtual in-the-bag IOL power for the same postoperative refraction, predicted refraction with an increase in in-the-bag IOL power by 0.50 to 2.00 diopters (D), and effective lens position (ELP) in 30 eyes with a normal axial length after sulcus fixation were retrospectively evaluated. The results were confirmed prospectively in 16 other eyes requiring sulcus fixation. A significant myopic shift (mean 0.78 D ± 0.47 [SD]) from the predicted refraction occurred after sulcus fixation ( P