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Corneal inlay provides excellent near vision, good patient satisfaction

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BERLIN — A corneal inlay employing the keratophakia approach to treating presbyopia has shown excellent visual results thus far in clinical research, according to a surgeon here.

Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS, and his colleague conducted a clinical evaluation of 22 patients using the PresbyLens (ReVision Optics) corneal inlay.

They found that all patients saw 20/25 binocularly and were satisfied with their distance vision after implantation of the inlay.

"There's a minimal amount of loss of distance vision compared to the near vision gain ... and we had no adverse events or surgical complications," Dr. Slade said.

The inlay was placed under the corneal flap and produced pseudoaccommodation through steepening of the central cornea, he said. It altered the anterior corneal shape, creating a central near add zone with the keratophakia approach, Dr. Slade said.