Correcting presbyopia in ametropic, emmetropic and monofocal pseudophakic patients with a corneal inlay

Poster Details

First Author: M.Knorz GERMANY

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Abstract Details

Purpose:

To assess the efficacy of a small aperture corneal inlay for the treatment of ametropic, emmetropic, and pseudophakic presbyopes.

Setting:

FreeVis LASIK Centre, medical faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg university, Mannheim, Germany

Methods:

The KAMRA inlay (AcuFocus, Irvine, CA) is a 3.8 mm diameter, 5 micron thick, opaque annulus with a 1.6 mm central aperture. The inlay is inserted into the cornea under a femtosecond laser-created, 200 micron flap or lamellar pocket in the non-dominant eye. Ametropic patients underwent concurrent LASIK procedure. Visual acuity results for all groups were analyzed from a global data registry.

Results:

A total of 3,454 ametropic patients, 507 emmetropic, and 16 pseudophakic patients were enrolled. Across the three patient groups near visual acuity improved from J9-J10 to J2-J3 between pre-op and 6 months post-op. Mean uncorrected distance visual acuity (VA) remained stable at 20/20 from preop levels through the post-operative follow-up period. Updated results will be presented.

Conclusions:

Use of a small aperture inlay with or without simultaneous LASIK correction, successfully improves uncorrected near visual acuity without affecting distance visual acuity for a variety of presbyopic patients. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE?: ... travel has been funded, fully or partially, by a company producing, developing or supplying the product or procedure presented