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PresbyLASIK shows good visual results and patient satisfaction
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Hyperopic presbyopic patients who underwent multifocal corneal ablations had good visual acuity, maintained spectacle independence and reported satisfaction with results, a physician said.
"At 1 year, 100% of the subjects achieved the zone of happiness, achieved both 20/25 distance and J3 near or better, and 88% achieved 20/25 and J1, which is very comparable to the data you saw [in a presentation] this morning for multifocal and accommodating IOLs," Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, FACS, said at OSN New York 2009.
Dr. McDonald presented 1-year results of 82 eyes of 49 hyperopic presbyopic patients who underwent presbyLASIK. The majority of patients in the study group had bilateral treatments, and patients answered questionnaires before and after surgery.
The study found that at 6 months, 73% of eyes were within ±0.5 D of emmetropia; at 1 year, 80% of eyes were within ±0.5 D of emmetropia.
In addition, contrast sensitivity loss was within normal limits, she said.
Dr. McDonald said results in the ongoing study are showing that while the technique is evolving, multifocal treatments of hyperopic presbyopic patients are a safe and effective treatment option "together with refractive correction."
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