Session Title: Refractive
Session Date/Time: Sunday 17/02/2013 | 08:30-11:00
Paper Time: 08:42
Venue: Hall 3
First Author: : D.Schanzlin USA
Co Author(s): : B. Soloway
Purpose:
To evaluate improvement in near vision with scleral implant procedure and PMMA implants in emmetropic presbyopes.
Setting:
fourteen principal investigator sites throughout USA
Methods:
This prospective study measured DCNVA under standardized illumination pre-op, 3, 12, and 24 months after successful scleral implant procedure on 629 eyes of 328 patients. Inclusion criteria required 20/20 DCVA, manifest refraction SE between –0.50 to +0.75D, with up to 1.00D astigmatism, and 20/50 or worse DCNVA.
Results:
Pre-op mean DCNVA was 20/73. Post operatively 60%, 79%, and 96% of the eyes read 20/40 or better monocular DCNVA at 3 (n=434), 12 (n=214), and 24 (n=95) months respectively. Binocular DCNVA of 20/40 or better was achieved with 84%, 85% and 96% of the patients at these time intervals
Conclusions:
DCNVA improves over time with scleral implant procedure. Patients had better DCNVA when both eyes underwent scleral implant procedure and were measured together.
Financial Disclosure:
... receives consulting fees, retainer, or contract payments from a competing company, ... travel has been funded, fully or partially, by a competing company, ... research is funded, fully or partially, by a competing company
