| Title | [In Process Citation] | | Author(s) | Gobin L, Trau R, Tassignon MJ | | Institution | Département d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Universitaire d'Anvers, Université d'Anvers, Belgique. gobin.laure@gmail.com | | Source | Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol 2008; (307):27-36. | | Abstract | AIM: To analyze the performances of the Inpro-Gauss Excimer laser in the treatment of hyperopia and combined hypermetropia-presbyopia. METHODS: The hypermetropic treatment consisted in making 12 confluent ablation spots of 3.3+/-0.1 mm at 4.5 mm from the corneal apex. The surgical parameters were simulated by a computer model of the corneal profile. The combined hypermetropic-presbyopic treatment was achieved by adding 4 spots of +2 D in the infero-nasal quadrant. Our series included forty eyes of which eleven were treated for hyperopia only and twenty nine were treated both for hyperopia and presbyopia. RESULTS: The uncorrected postoperative visual acuity was equivalent or better than the preoperative corrected visual acuity in 82% of cases. The averaged postoperative spherical equivalent was -0.2+/-0.5 D. Near uncorrected visual acuity was one line better (in decimal notation) for the group treated for both hyperopia and presbyopia than in the single hyperopia group. CONCLUSION: Surface laser treatment of hyperopia and presbyopia with a gaussian broad beam laser is safe, accurate and reproducible. | | Language | fre | | Pub Type(s) | English Abstract Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18546924 |
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