Small-aperture corneal inlay repositioning

Phillip C Hoopes Jr; Brian D Walker; Orry C Birdsong; Majid Moshirfar

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2017.10.043

Small-aperture corneal inlay repositioning

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2018 Jan;44(1):3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2017.10.043.

Authors

Phillip C Hoopes Jr¹, Brian D Walker¹, Orry C Birdsong¹, Majid Moshirfar²

Affiliations

¹ From the HDR Research Center (Hoopes, Birdsong, Moshirfar), Hoopes Vision, Draper, and the John A. Moran Eye Center (Moshirfar), Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, and McGovern Medical School (Walker), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
² From the HDR Research Center (Hoopes, Birdsong, Moshirfar), Hoopes Vision, Draper, and the John A. Moran Eye Center (Moshirfar), Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, and McGovern Medical School (Walker), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: cornea2020@me.com.

PMID: 29502615
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2017.10.043

Abstract

We describe a technique used to recenter a small-aperture corneal inlay (Kamra). Repositioning the inlay is performed to achieve the best presbyopic correction while maintaining distance visual acuity.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Corneal Stroma / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polyvinyls*
Presbyopia / physiopathology
Presbyopia / surgery*
Prostheses and Implants*
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Refraction, Ocular / physiology*
Surgical Flaps
Visual Acuity*

Substances

Polyvinyls