German researchers have found that a new femtosecond based intrastromal treatment is more effective in the presbyopia patients. So far the The researchers in the University of Heidelberg have used in nearly 20 such patients successfully. All these patients with the mean age of 56, suffered from presbyopic without any higher myopia or hyperopia.
As an added advantage, the procedure lasts around a few seconds. After surgery, the lines of the rings could be seen in transparency, but it disappear within first week of the treatment. Mean near visual acuity improved from 20/100 to 20/40, and no change in distance acuity was reported. However, individual result may vary.
The treatment has a potential to correct all refractive errors, he said. It is noninvasive, and there is no risk of infection because there is no opening of the cornea. So far, tests on biomechanics have shown no weakening of the cornea.
Mike P. Holzer, MD, at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, said,
"The treatment requires no incision, no flap, no pocket. The epithelium remains untouched, and the treatment is completely performed intrastromally, creating a multifocal series of five consecutive rings at predefined distances."
Source: OSN Super Site
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