Reading performance after implantation of a small-aperture corneal inlay for the surgical correction of XXXX : Two-year follow-up.

@entity1 @entity10818 @entity20240
PURPOSE: To evaluate the change in reading-performance parameters after implantation of the Kamra small-aperture intracorneal inlay over a 2-year follow-up. SETTING: University Eye Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. DESIGN: Cohort study. METHODS: This study comprised naturally emmetropic presbyopic @entity1 . Bilateral reading acuity, reading distance, reading speed, and the smallest log-scaled sentence were evaluated in a standardized testing procedure using the Salzburg Reading Desk. The minimum postoperative follow-up was 24 months. RESULTS: The study enrolled 32 @entity1 . The reading desk results showed a significant improvement in each parameter tested. After a mean follow-up of 24.2 months    0.8 (SD), the mean reading distance changed from the preoperative value of 48.1    5.5 cm to 38.9    6.3 cm (P < .0001), the mean reading acuity at best distance improved from 0.3    0.14 logRAD to 0.24    0.11 logRAD (P < .000001), and the mean reading speed increased from 142    13 words per minute (wpm) to 149    17 wpm (P=.029). One @entity1 @entity20240 line, and 1 @entity1 had no change. The improvement was up to 6 log-scaled lines (mean improvement 2.7    1.6 lines) in the other 30 @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: After implantation of the small-aperture intracorneal inlay, there was an improvement in all tested reading performance parameters in emmetropic presbyopic @entity1 ; the improvement was the result of an increased depth of field. These 2-year results indicate that the inlay is an effective treatment for @entity10818 .
