Conductive keratoplasty for XXXX : 1-year results.

@entity1 @entity227 @entity10818
PURPOSE: To assess the safety, efficacy, and stability of conductive keratoplasty (CK) in the treatment of @entity10818 . METHODS: Ten near plano presbyopic @entity1 (6 @entity1 and 4 @entity1 ) underwent unilateral CK in the @entity227 . Mean age was 51 +/- 3.1 years (range: 46 to 56 years). The surgeries were the author's first 10 CK procedures performed. The postoperative target for these eyes ranged from -1.25 to -1.75 diopters (D). RESULTS: Preoperative mean manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) was -0.18 +/- 0.27 D (range: -0.75 to -0.25 D), yielding a mean near uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) of J10 (range: J12 to J5). Twelve months after CK, the mean near UCVA was J1 (range: J3 to J1) with 90% (9/10) eyes J1 and 100% (10/10) eyes J3 or better. The mean MRSE was -1.31 +/- 0.53 D (range: -2.25 to -0.75 D). Treated eyes lost an average of 2.2 +/- 2 lines (range: 0 to 5) of distance UCVA but gained an average of 8.7 +/- 2 lines (range: 4 to 11) of near UCVA. No eye lost best spectacle-corrected visual acuity or had induced cylinder > or = 0.75 D. Nine (90%) of 10 @entity1 had binocular distance UCVA < or = 20/20 and near UCVA < or = J1 and all 10 (100%) @entity1 had binocular distance UCVA < or = 20/25 and near UCVA < or = J3. CONCLUSIONS: Conductive keratoplasty for the treatment of @entity10818 provided safe and effective results 1 year following the initial surgery. Longer follow-up will be needed to describe refractive stability. The mean near and distance UCVA results were better than expected for the amount of refractive change observed during this study.
