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Newly designed incisional system provides improved results in scleral implant surgery for treatment of presbyopia

Poster Details

First Author: J. Katz UNITED STATES

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Abstract Details

Purpose:

To compare distance corrected near visual acuity (DCNVA) results of two scleral implant incisional systems.

Setting:

The Midwest Center for Sight, Chicago IL, USA

Methods:

Of 330 presbyopic, emmetropic subjects recruited in a multicenter prospective clinical trial, 119 surgeries were performed using a modified incisional system design. DCNVA was assessed post-operatively at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months.

Results:

Surgically implanted subjects using the modified incisional system reached the primary outcome measure of 20/40 or better at earlier follow-up intervals than conventional surgical patients. At 3 months, 94% of binocularly implanted subjects with the new incisional system reached 20/40 or better DCNVA compared to 83% of conventional incisional surgical subjects.

Conclusions:

Advancements in instrumentation have resulted in improved outcomes and at earlier follow-up intervals when compared to the study-wide cohort. Instrumentation changes have improved surgical technique and reduced average surgical times resulting in earlier outcomes.

Financial Disclosure:

One or more of the authors research is funded, fully or partially, by a company producing, developing or supplying the product or procedure presented