Session Title: Refractive 1
Session Date/Time: Friday 03/02/2012 | 08:30-10:00
Paper Time: 08:42
Venue: Hall 1
First Author: : I.Pallikaris GREECE
Co Author(s): : A. Limnopoulou S. Panagopoulou D. Bouzoukis
Purpose:
To investigate the visual outcomes and safety of an Intracorneal inlay (FlexivueTM Micro-Lens, Presbia, CA) for the corneal compensation of presbyopia.
Setting:
Institute of Vision and Optics, University of Crete, Greece.
Methods:
The lens was implanted inside a corneal pocket created in the non-dominant eye of 45 patients using femtosecond laser (Intralase, AMO, Irvine, CA).. RESULTS Mean uncorrected visual acuity for near increased from 20/100 to 20/25 and for distance decreased from 20/20 to 20/40 in the operated eye, whereas remained stable binocularly. After surgery 92 % referred no use of reading glasses. No intra/post-operative complications were found.
Conclusions:
Intracorneal lenses for presbyopia are a safe and effective method in patients aged 45 to 60 years old.
Financial Disclosure:
... research is funded, fully or partially, by a company producing, developing or supplying the product or procedure presented, ... travel has been funded, fully or partially, by a company producing, developing or supplying the product or procedure presented
