Conductive keratoplasty to correct residual hyperopia after cataract surgery.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy, predictability, safety, and stability of conductive keratoplasty (CK) for correcting residual hyperopia after cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation.


METHODS
Vissum-Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante, Alicante, and Vissum-Instituto de Albacete, Albacete, Spain.


METHODS
Sixteen eyes of 16 patients had CK for the correction of residual hyperopia after cataract surgery. The CK was performed with the CK View Point Refractec (RCS-200, Refractec, Inc.). The follow-up was 12 months.


RESULTS
One year after CK, 10 eyes (62.5%) achieved an uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) of 0.50 or better. The mean UCVA was 0.50 +/- 0.21 (SD), and the mean best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) was 0.68 +/- 0.24. One eye lost 1 line of BSCVA, and none lost 2 or more lines. The mean spherical equivalent refraction was +0.39 +/- 0.84 D 1 year after CK. No vision-threatening complications occurred.


CONCLUSIONS
One-year data show that CK for the correction of low to moderate hyperopia after cataract surgery was safe, stable, relatively predictable, and efficient. No complications occurred when CK was performed after phacoemulsification.
Claramonte
Pascual J
PJ
Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante & Albacete-Vissum, Refractive Surgery and Cornea Department, Miguel Hernández University, Medical School, Alicante, Spain.
Alió
Jorge L
JL
Ramzy
Mohamed I
MI
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity