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Patient satisfaction after femtosecond-assisted intracorneal ring segment implantation in the treatment of keratoconus

Poster Details

First Author: A.Ghaith EGYPT

Co Author(s):    M. Sobhy   M. Abou Shousha   A. El Kamshoushi              

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To evaluate patient satisfaction after femtosecond-assisted intracorneal ring segments implantation in the treatment of keratoconus

Setting:

Two private eye centers and Department of Ophthalmology - Alexandria University

Methods:

The study included 30 keratoconus patients with moderate to severe keratoconus and clear central cornea. All patients underwent KeraRings ICRS implantation (Mediphacos,BeloHorizonte,Brazil). All patients answered a specially designed questionnaire to evaluate their visual function and satisfaction within a period of 6 months to one year postoperatively. The correlations between questionnaire scores and the clinical parameters were studied.

Results:

The clarity of vision in general was good for 50 % of the cases, acceptable for 26.7% and bad for 16.7%. Regarding night vision, 40 % of the patients complained of bad night vision; while for 46.7% of the patients it was acceptable. Additionally, the analysis revealed that regarding “reading” 73.4% of patients were satisfied. Sixty percent of the patients were satisfied with their far vision postoperatively. Ninety three percent and 90% of the patients complained from glare and haloes respectively, twelve patients (percent better) complained from fluctuation of vision.   Conclusively 70% of the patients were satisfied after ICRs implantation.

Conclusions:

Most patients (70%) are generally satisfied after ICR implantation for the treatment of keratoconus. However night vision disturbance, glare and haloes are the main complaints for a large number of them (about 90%).

Financial Disclosure:

None