Ocular features in myopic eyes with longer horizontal ciliary sulcus diameters for intended implantable collamer lens surgery.

Purpose: To assess the ocular anterior segment characteristics in myopic eyes intended for ICL surgery with horizontal ciliary sulcus-to-sulcus (STS) diameters being greater than vertical STS diameters.

Methods: This retrospective, comparative case study included 1230 eyes of patients who underwent ICL implantation for the treatment of myopia or myopic astigmatism at the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center from September 2020 to November 2021. The myopic eyes were divided into two groups according to the relatively long diameter of the ciliary sulcus. General parameters and anterior chamber parameters were compared between the two groups.

Results: 1230 eyes of 694 patients were included. The proportion of myopic eyes with longer horizontal STS diameters was 4.63%. Horizontal STS distances exceeding vertical meridians in these eyes were mainly attributed to the shortening of vertical STS distances (horizontal STS:  = 0.112; vertical STS:  < 0.001). Eyes with longer horizontal meridians of the ciliary sulcus displayed larger steep keratometry value ( = 0.001), larger corneal volume ( = 0.002), larger corneal astigmatism ( < 0.001), larger ocular residual astigmatism ( = 0.017), worse visual acuity (logMAR UDVA:  = 0.021; logMAR CDVA:  = 0.001), and more iridociliary cysts ( = 0.017) compared to eyes with vertically oval shapes.

Conclusion: Myopic eyes with longer horizontal STS diameters are commonly accompanied by a change in corneal morphology and more iridociliary cysts. The anatomical features of the ciliary sulcus should be given sufficient consideration to ICL size and placement selection, contributing to more personalized and precise surgery.