Session Title: Refractive 1
Session Date/Time: Friday 03/02/2012 | 08:30-10:00
Paper Time: 08:54
Venue: Hall 1
First Author: : W.Riha AUSTRIA
Co Author(s): : A. Dexl G. Grabner
Purpose:
To report the 4-year postoperative visual acuity and patient satisfaction outcomes after implantation of the KAMRA™ corneal inlay (ACI7000) for the improvement of near and intermediate vision
Setting:
University Eye Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Methods:
This prospective, interventional case series included 32 naturally emmetropic presbyopic patients between 45 and 55 years of age. The corneal inlay was implanted in the non-dominant eye over the line of sight after the creation of a 170 micron femtosecond laser flap. Refraction, uncorrected near (UNVA), intermediate (UIVA) and distance visual acuity (UDVA), as well as subjective patient satisfaction were evaluated over a follow-up of 48 months. RESULTS Four years after implantation, mean UNVA and UIVA in the implanted eyes improved from J6 and 20/40 preoperatively to J1 and 20/25 postoperatively, respectively. Mean monocular UDVA at 48 months was 20/20 compared to 20/16 preoperative, with all patients reaching 20/16 binocular. At 48 months only 6% of patients reported to be dependent on reading glasses compared to 88% preoperatively.
Conclusions:
This long-term results indicate that the KAMRA corneal inlay is an effective treatment of presbyopia by improving near and intermediate visual acuities without severe loss of distance visual acuity and achieving overall high patient satisfaction.
Financial Disclosure:
... receives consulting fees, retainer, or contract payments from a company producing, developing or supplying the product or procedure presented
