Corneal inlay in presbyopia surgery

• Autores: Ioannis G. Pallikaris, Dimitrios I. Bouzoukis
• Localización: Journal of Emmetropia: Journal of Cataract, Refractive and Corneal Surgery, ISSN-e 2171-4703, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 2011, págs. 51-53
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present review focus on the new developments done on corneal inlay for presbyopia correction. The concept of intracorneal inlays, which considers a lenticule that is placed at the interface of the free corneal cap and the stromal bed, is being used recently because the publication of new studies on material, size, and depth of inlays for presbyopia correction.

    This surgery develop develop a minimal invasive, reversible, stable and safe surgical technique with an easy learning curve for patients between 45 and 60 years, who could be considered too old for presbyopia cornea laser surgery and too young for lens extraction. In this study we analyze different intracorneal inlays available in the market: Flexivue MicroLens(Prebia), ACI 7000 (Acufocus) and Presbylens (ReVision).