Small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries

Tukezban Huseynova,1,* Tomomi Kanamori,1 George O Waring IV,2 Minoru Tomita1,3,* 1Shinagawa LASIK Center, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; 2Medical University of South Carolina, Storm Eye Institute, Charleston, SC, USA; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, People's Republ...

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Autores principales: Huseynova T, Kanamori T, Waring GO, Tomita M
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a19423d449c94889a37c59da42f2eacc2021-12-02T04:45:47ZSmall-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/a19423d449c94889a37c59da42f2eacc2013-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/small-aperture-corneal-inlay-in-patients-with-prior-radial-keratotomy--a14493https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Tukezban Huseynova,1,* Tomomi Kanamori,1 George O Waring IV,2 Minoru Tomita1,3,* 1Shinagawa LASIK Center, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; 2Medical University of South Carolina, Storm Eye Institute, Charleston, SC, USA; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this study Abstract: This paper describes the 3-month results of two patients who underwent KAMRA™ (AcuFocus, Inc, Irvine, CA, USA) inlay implantation surgery with a history of prior radial keratotomy. The refractive error just before KAMRA inlay implantation was corrected in one patient with a laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) procedure. The post-inlay implantation surgery results showed effective uncorrected near visual acuity outcomes with no impact on uncorrected distance visual acuity in both patients. Keywords: KAMRA™, RK, LASIK, uncorrected distance visual acuity, refractive error, uncorrected near visual acuityHuseynova TKanamori TWaring GOTomita MDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2013, Iss default, Pp 1937-1940 (2013)
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Huseynova T
Kanamori T
Waring GO
Tomita M
Small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries
description Tukezban Huseynova,1,* Tomomi Kanamori,1 George O Waring IV,2 Minoru Tomita1,3,* 1Shinagawa LASIK Center, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; 2Medical University of South Carolina, Storm Eye Institute, Charleston, SC, USA; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this study Abstract: This paper describes the 3-month results of two patients who underwent KAMRA™ (AcuFocus, Inc, Irvine, CA, USA) inlay implantation surgery with a history of prior radial keratotomy. The refractive error just before KAMRA inlay implantation was corrected in one patient with a laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) procedure. The post-inlay implantation surgery results showed effective uncorrected near visual acuity outcomes with no impact on uncorrected distance visual acuity in both patients. Keywords: KAMRA™, RK, LASIK, uncorrected distance visual acuity, refractive error, uncorrected near visual acuity
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author Huseynova T
Kanamori T
Waring GO
Tomita M
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title Small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries
title_short Small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries
title_full Small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries
title_fullStr Small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries
title_full_unstemmed Small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries
title_sort small-aperture corneal inlay in patients with prior radial keratotomy surgeries
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/a19423d449c94889a37c59da42f2eacc
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