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Conductive keratoplasty to correct residual hyperopia after cataract surgery.

Claramonte PJ, Alió JL, Ramzy MI

Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante & Albacete-Vissum, Refractive Surgery and Cornea Department, Miguel Hernández University, Medical School, Alicante, Spain.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy, predictability, safety, and stability of conductive keratoplasty (CK) for correcting residual hyperopia after cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation. SETTING: Vissum-Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante, Alicante, and Vissum-Instituto de Albacete, Albacete, Spain. METHODS: Sixteen eyes of 16 patients had CK for the correction of residual hyperopia after cataract surgery. The CK was performed with the CK View Point Refractec (RCS-200, Refractec, Inc.). The follow-up was 12 months. RESULTS: One year after CK, 10 eyes (62.5%) achieved an uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) of 0.50 or better. The mean UCVA was 0.50 +/- 0.21 (SD), and the mean best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) was 0.68 +/- 0.24. One eye lost 1 line of BSCVA, and none lost 2 or more lines. The mean spherical equivalent refraction was +0.39 +/- 0.84 D 1 year after CK. No vision-threatening complications occurred. CONCLUSIONS: One-year data show that CK for the correction of low to moderate hyperopia after cataract surgery was safe, stable, relatively predictable, and efficient. No complications occurred when CK was performed after phacoemulsification.

Published 25 August 2006 in J Cataract Refract Surg, 32(9): 1445-51.
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